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Hurricane Donna

September 10, 1960 at landfall: Macro Island
Category 4 at landfall

Winds: 115
Surge heights:
Damage Descriptions:

http://www.hurricanes-blizzards-noreasters.com/hurricanedonna.html

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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/outreach/history/#donna

·         11 ft surges along the southwest coast of Florida

 

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hurricane-donna-is-born

·         causing 13 deaths in Fort Myers and Daytona Beach

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/?n=donna

·         Tides in the Everglades City-Naples-Ft. Myers Beach area were estimated 4 to 7 feet above normal and perhaps even higher in some places. At Naples, tides pushed inland to the center of the city damaging buildings and smashing docks all along the intrusion

·         Rains totals in the Miami and south Dade County area were mostly 7 to 10 inches with a few totals near 12 inches.

·         North of Ft. Myers, reported storm totals were mostly 5 to 7 inches with the greatest amounts reported in the central and southern sections of the area.

http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/38348

Hurricane Donna damage to Cockerham Garage - Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Missing: omega, relative humidity