On September 16, 1928, a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 miles per hour tore through Palm Beach county Florida. The storm was the second deadliest tropical cyclone in the history of the United States; only six tropical cyclones developed during the season. The greatest hit areas were small farming communities. The hurricane destroyed a […]
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