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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
601 AM CDT SUN AUG 17 2003

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

IN 1969, HURRICANE CAMILLE MADE LANDFALL ON THE
MISSISSIPPI COAST.  THIS WAS THE WORST HURRICANE EVER TO
STRIKE THE UNITED STATES.  WINDS WERE OVER 200 MPH, WITH
A 24 FOOT STORM SURGE.	 144 PEOPLE DIED AND DAMAGE WAS
ESTIMATED AT 1.28 BILLION DOLLARS.   ANOTHER 113 PEOPLE
LATER DROWNED FROM FLOODING IN VIRGINIA.  IN 1915, A
HURRICANE HIT GALVESTON TEXAS WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 120
MPH AND A 12 FOOT STORM SURGE.	UNFORTUNATELY 275 PEOPLE
DIED, INCLUDING 42 PEOPLE WHO LIVED ON GALVESTON ISLAND. 
MOST OF THE DEATHS WERE A RESULT OF DROWNING.  OF THE 250
HOMES BUILT OUTSIDE THE SEAWALL, ONLY 10 PERCENT WERE
LEFT STANDING.

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