The famous Lower Great Lakes Storm strikes with hurricane force, southwesterly winds rage for five hours, driving lake waters into downtown Buffalo. The storm drowns 200 persons. 20 deaths are blamed on Donora Smog Disaster. The Racer Storm hurricane destroys Brazos Santiago and sinks or severely damages all vessels in the harbour. The storm then moves up the western Gulf of Mexico coast into Texas .
Major hurricane sweeps over the Carribean islands of Jamaica, Cuba and Nassau, Bahamas.
158 vessels are wrecked and 2546 houses are destroyed along theCuban coast. Great Hurricane of 1846 strikes Cuba. 92 vessels in Havana Harbour sunk, wrecked, dismasted or otherwise severely damaged. It kills 22,000 people on the islands of Martinique, St. Eustatius, and Barbados. The church at St. Mary le Bow is badly damaged.