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[[Image:1916HurricanePath.png|thumb|right|250px|The path of 1916 Atlantic Hurricane 13]] | [[Image:1916HurricanePath.png|thumb|right|250px|The path of 1916 Atlantic Hurricane 13]] | ||
| − | The '''1916 | + | The '''Hurricane of 1916''', as it is known in the Pensacola area, was the thirteenth Atlantic hurricane of the [[Wikipedia:1916 Atlantic hurricane season|1916 season]]. |
| − | It became a tropical storm in the western Caribbean on [[October 12]], reaching hurricane strength on the 13th before hitting the Yucatan Peninsula on the 15th as a 100 mph hurricane. It turned northward, becoming a major hurricane on the 16th. It made landfall near Pensacola on October 18. | + | It became a tropical storm in the western Caribbean on [[October 12]], reaching hurricane strength on the 13th before hitting the Yucatan Peninsula on the 15th as a 100 mph hurricane. It turned northward, becoming a major hurricane on the 16th. It made landfall near Pensacola on [[October 18]], [[1916]]. |
==Damage== | ==Damage== | ||
| − | *Damaged the [[Pensacola Opera House]], which was | + | *Damaged the [[Pensacola Opera House]], which was then destroyed in the [[Hurricane of 1917]] |
*Sank a ship offshore, killing 20 people | *Sank a ship offshore, killing 20 people | ||
[[Category:Hurricanes]] | [[Category:Hurricanes]] | ||
Revision as of 18:23, 29 March 2007
The Hurricane of 1916, as it is known in the Pensacola area, was the thirteenth Atlantic hurricane of the 1916 season.
It became a tropical storm in the western Caribbean on October 12, reaching hurricane strength on the 13th before hitting the Yucatan Peninsula on the 15th as a 100 mph hurricane. It turned northward, becoming a major hurricane on the 16th. It made landfall near Pensacola on October 18, 1916.
Damage
- Damaged the Pensacola Opera House, which was then destroyed in the Hurricane of 1917
- Sank a ship offshore, killing 20 people
