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1906 Florida Keys hurricane
The hurricane killed 135 workers on the Florida East Coast Railway.
Meteorological history
Formed
October 8, 1906
Dissipated
October 23, 1906
Category 3 major hurricane
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS)
Highest winds
120 mph (195 km/h)
Lowest pressure
953 mbar (hPa); 28.14 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities
At least 240
Damage
>$4.14 million (1906 USD)
Areas affected
Central America, Cuba, southeastern United States
IBTrACS
Part of the 1906 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1906 Florida Keys hurricane was a powerful and deadly hurricane that had a major impact on Cuba and southern Florida. The fifth hurricane and third major hurricane of the season, the storm formed from a system near Barbados on October 4. By October 8, it had intensified into a tropical storm, and made landfall as a hurricane in Central America. The hurricane traveled towards Cuba, making landfall and wreaking havoc on the island. The storm then made a third landfall in the Florida Keys during the evening of October 18. At least 240 people were killed as a result of the hurricane,[note 1] and damages totaled at least $4,135,000.[note 2]
Of the 240 people killed during the storm, 135 were workers on the Florida East Coast Railway.[1] The hurricane eventually led to the end of pineapple production in the Florida Keys for commercial purposes in 1915, although this was amplified by two further hurricanes in the following years.[9]
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