Hurricane Camille

Hurricane Camille was the third named storm and second hurricane of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season. Camille was the second of three Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall in the United States during the 20th century, which it did near the mouth of the Mississippi River on the night of August 17, resulting in catastrophic damage.

The storm formed on August 14 and rapidly deepened. It scraped the western edge of Cuba at Category 3 strength. Camille strengthened further over the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall with a pressure of 900 mbar (hPa), estimated sustained winds of 200;mph (305 km/h), and a peak storm surge of 24 feet (7.3 m); by maximum sustained wind speeds, Camille was the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone recorded worldwide, and one of only four tropical cyclones worldwide ever to achieve wind speeds of 190 mph. The hurricane flattened nearly everything along the coast of the U.S. state of Mississippi, and caused additional flooding and deaths inland while crossing the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. In total, Camille killed 259 people and caused $1.42 billion (1969 USD, $9.14 billion 2005 USD) in damages.

 References 

 Other websites 
 Harrison County Library's Camille Page
 Thirty Years After Hurricane Camille: Lessons Learned, Lessons Lost , Roger A. Pielke, Jr., Chantal Simonpietri, and Jennifer Oxelson, July 12, 1999.
 "Roar Of The Heavens: Surving Hurricane Camille," Stefan Bechtel (Citadel Press, 2006) 
 Track of Camille's eye at landfall 
 Storm surge profile 
 Post-Storm Report on Camille 
 The story of Harbour Oaks Inn 
 Radar image of Camille 

Category:1969 Atlantic hurricane season
Category:Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes
Category:Retired tropical cyclone names
Category:Deadly storms
Category:Hurricanes in the United States
Category:1960s in Cuba
Category:1969 in the United States
Category:1960s in Alabama
Category:20th century in Mississippi
Category:1960s in Louisiana
Category:1960s in weather
Category:Hurricanes in Mississippi