The Okeechobee hurricane of 1928, also known as the San Felipe Segundo hurricane, was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the recorded history of the North...

Lake Okeechobee (US: /oʊkiˈtʃoʊbi/ oh-kee-CHOH-bee) is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the tenth-largest natural freshwater...

population was 5,254. The Lake Okeechobee area was severely damaged in the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane, the first recorded Category 5 hurricane in the North Atlantic...

begins at East Lake Tohopekaliga south of Orlando, flowing south through Lake Kissimmee into the large, shallow Lake Okeechobee. Hurricane-related floods...

Okeechobee may refer to: Lake Okeechobee, in Florida, United States Okeechobee, Florida, United States Okeechobee County, Florida, United States Okeechobee...

The effects of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane in Florida included at least 2,500 fatalities in the state, making this the second deadliest tropical cyclone...

traveling the long route around the southern end of the state. Lake Okeechobee and the Okeechobee Waterway Project is part of the complex water-management system...

Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy) was an extremely large and destructive Category 3 Atlantic hurricane which ravaged the...

deaths occurred near Lake Okeechobee, when a large storm surge breached muck dikes and drowned hundreds of people. The hurricane quickly traversed the...

banks of Lake Okeechobee, at the beginning of the Miami Canal. John Stretch Park is also located alongside the north end of Lake Harbor and the Lake Okeechobee...

Hurricane Harvey in 2017), and the deadliest hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The total damage from Katrina is estimated at $125 billion (2005...

hurricanes struck the state during the period, including the 1926 Miami hurricane, the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, and several Category 4 hurricanes in...

five years. A hurricane passes in the vicinity of the island, on average, every seven years. Since 1851, the Lake Okeechobee Hurricane (also known as...

The Atlantic hurricane season is the period in a year, from June 1 through November 30, when tropical or subtropical cyclones are most likely to form...

Havana hurricane – large and intense hurricane that took a similar track to Ian 1928 Okeechobee hurricane – A destructive Category 5 hurricane that killed...

The 1900 Galveston hurricane, also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the...

scale. Maria was the strongest hurricane to strike the territory since 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. August 23 – Hurricane Debby dropped up to 12 inches (30...

Maymi, Maimi) were Native American people who lived around Lake Mayaimi (now Lake Okeechobee) in the Belle Glade area of Florida from the beginning of...

eastern side of Lake Okeechobee. Named for the Mayaca Tribe, Port Mayaca is centered just south of the Port Mayaca Lock and Dams on the Okeechobee Waterway (St...

1928 Lake Okeechobee Hurricane passed through the Cape Verde Islands as a weak tropical storm. September 10, 1938: The 1938 New England Hurricane passed...

Lake Okeechobee since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, but unlike the latter storm, did not manage to breach the local levees. Overall, the hurricane damaged...

Hurricane Laura was a deadly and destructive Category 4 hurricane that is tied with the 1856 Last Island hurricane and 2021's Hurricane Ida as the strongest...

Hurricane Mitch was the second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. Mitch caused 11,374 fatalities in Central America in 1998, including approximately...

major hurricane, the most recent on record to affect the city. After crossing Lake Okeechobee, Hurricane King passed near the city of Okeechobee, which...

Atlantic hurricane in the U.S. since Andrew in 1992, which had 165 mph (266 km/h) winds. Michael is tied with the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane for the sixth-strongest...

September 7, which was a hurricane watch from the Jupiter Inlet to Bonita Beach, including the Florida Keys and Lake Okeechobee. The watches and warnings...

with a hurricane warning ultimately covering all of South Florida from Longboat Key on the west coast to Titusville, including Lake Okeechobee and the...

east coast to Venice on the west coast. Included in the warnings were Lake Okeechobee and all of the Florida Keys. By 18:00 UTC on August 24, all watches...

most significant storm of the season, the Okeechobee hurricane, struck Puerto Rico as a Category 5 hurricane. Several islands of the Greater and Lesser...

hurricanes have struck the island since 1851: the Lake Okeechobee Hurricane of September 1928, and Hurricane Irma of September 2017. Sometimes waterspouts form...