page_title: Hurricane David
hierarchical_section_title: Hurricane David
caption_attribution_description: English: Hurricane David on August 31, 1979 at 17:00 UTC.
context_page_description: Hurricane David was the strongest and deadliest hurricane of the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season, but not the costliest. This hurricane caused a lot of damage as it slammed into Dominican Republic as a category 5 hurricane and was it struck Florida as a category 2 hurricane. Hurricane David killed 2,068 and caused over $1.5 billion in damage.
context_section_description: Hurricane David was the strongest and deadliest hurricane of the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season, but not the costliest. This hurricane caused a lot of damage as it slammed into Dominican Republic as a category 5 hurricane and was it struck Florida as a category 2 hurricane. Hurricane David killed 2,068 and caused over $1.5 billion in damage.
caption: Hurricane David at peak intensity near landfall in Hispaniola on August 31
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