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1910 Hurricane

October 18, 1910 at landfall
Category 2 at landfall

Winds: 95
Surge Heights:
Damage Descriptions:

http://www.coastalbreezenews.com/2010/06/03/the-%E2%80%9Cgreatest-storms-on-earth%E2%80%9D-part-ii/

·         Winds over 100 mph and a high storm surge

·         with seven men drowned in Punta Gorda as four Cuban fishing schooners wrecked, a black man drowned crossing the Peace River, and it was widely reported that survivors escaped the storm surge by climbing trees

·         The 1910 Hurricane storm surge salted much of the farming lands of Southwest Florida