Hurricane Flora

Hurricane Flora was among the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes. This hurricane happened in Autumn 1963. The storm hit southwestern Haiti at peak intensity (her winds peaked at 145 miles per hour). Flora then drifted over Cuba for almost four days before heading northeast into the Atlantic. Between seven thousand and eight thousand people died due to Flora. At that time, the death toll was the most from any storm since the Galveston Hurricane in September 1900. The name Flora was later retired.

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Radar image of Flora on October 2 as observed by U.S. Navy aircraft reconnaissance^{:&hairsp;Script error: The function "hyphen2dash" does not exist.&hairsp;}
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Weather map on October 6 showing ridges west and east of Flora
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Surface weather map of Hurricane Flora over the Gulf of Guacanayabo in the northern Caribbean Sea on October 7
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Radar image of Flora over the Sargasso Sea as viewed from the USS Albany on October 9
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Hurricane Flora's storm total rainfall
Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, one of the many Haitian villages left in ruins, was about 85% destroyed.
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Haitians isolated by Flora awaiting rescue. USS Lake Champlain and USS Thetis Bay launched marine helicopters that evacuated 347 storm victims and distributed 330,105 lb of relief supplies.