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Historic hurricanes With Hurricane Irene expected to cause significant damage along the Eastern Seaboard, The Post looks back on storms that have wreaked havoc on the U.S.
Sept. 8, 1900
A large part of the city of Galveston, Tex., was reduced to rubble after being hit by a surprise hurricane in September 1900. More than 6,000 people were killed and 10,000 left homeless from the Great Storm, which remains the worst natural disaster in U.S. history.
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1926
Miami residents look at the debris left behind on the Miami River in the 1926 hurricane that struck the city.
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September 1935
The wreckage of an 11-car passenger train is shown in the Florida Keys in September 1935, after the train was derailed by a hurricane that claimed the lives of 423 people.
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Sept. 21, 1938
An aerial photo of damage at a Westhampton, N.Y., summer residence, after a hurricane struck in September 1938.
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Sept. 14, 1944
New Yorkers struggle through the streets of downtown Manhattan as the Great Atlantic Hurricane hit in September 1944.
John Lent
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Oct. 15, 1954
Clifton Guthrie took this unusual picture of Hurricane Hazel destruction at Morehead City, N.C. The homes above face mile-wide Bogue Sound, which is protected by an outer bank strand better known as Atlantic Beach.
Clifton Guthrie
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Oct. 15, 1954
High tides, whipped in by Hurricane Hazel, shatter boats and buildings in Swansboro, N.C., as a storm lashed out on the Atlantic Seaboard. Heavy seas and high water caused widespread damage.
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Oct. 16, 1954
Workers in Washington disposed of trees felled on the U.S. Capitol grounds by Hurricane Hazel in October 1954. Damage was reported on 27 trees in the area.
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Sept. 7, 1965
Hurricane Betsy struck Palm Beach, Fla., in September 1965.
Ullstein Bild
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Aug. 17, 1969
This peninsula on Bay St. Louis, Miss., was reduced entirely to splinters, after Hurricane Camille tore into the Mississippi Gulf Coast in August 1969.
Bill Hudson
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Aug. 24, 1969
Father William Pittman, left, conducts an outdoor Mass outside the ruins of St. Thomas Catholic Church in Long Beach, Miss., just one week after Hurricane Camille took a heavy toll on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The church, in the background, was hard hit by the storm, but the pastor told the congregation they would rebuild.
Jack Thornell
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June 23, 1972
This aerial view shows houses submerged in floodwater in the aftermath of tropical storm Agnes in downtown Pottstown, Pa.
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July 27, 1972
Cindy King, left, her sister Tracy, center, and cousin Cindy Fenstermacher are completely covered with mud as they take a break from cleaning and sit on their sofa outside their flood-damaged home in Harrisburg, Pa. Flood waters, caused by tropical storm Agnes, receded in the city and homeowners returned to clean up the mess.
Paul Vathis
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September 1974
This unidentified man, center, told reporters in Choloma, Honduras, that he and seven members of his family were carried over great distances by flood waters of Hurricane Fifi in September 1974. He was the only survivor.
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Sept.2, 1979
A twin engine C-46 aircraft lies atop an aircraft hanger at Las Americas airport in the Dominican Republic after Hurricane David hit the capital of Santo Domingo in September 1979.
Doug Jennings
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Sept. 14, 1979
President Jimmy Carter inspects damage caused by Hurricane Frederic aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter in September 1979. Here, Carter’s helicopter hovers over damage at hard-hit Dauphin Island in Alabama.
Barry Thumma
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Aug. 8, 1980
A Haitian woman stands amid the debris of her house that was destroyed by Hurricane Allen as it brushed the southern coast of poverty-ridden Haiti in August 1980.
Art Candell
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Aug. 18, 1983
Debris was pushed off Interstate 45 leading to Galveston, Tex., after Hurricane Alicia paid the island a visit in August 1983.
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Sept. 23, 1989
A home in Holden Beach, N.C., lost some of its roof and siding after being knocked of its foundation when Hurricane Hugo struck the Carolina coast in September 1989. Other homes escaped with little visible damage.
Bob Bridges
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Aug. 24, 1992
Joan Wallach, left, and her daughter, Brenda, leave the Royal Palm Trailer Park in Homestead, Fla., where they lived, with suitcases they found in the debris from the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in August 1992. Andrew came ashore at Homestead with winds of 160 miles per hour.
Lynn Sladky
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Sept. 6, 1996
Dave Stein stacks sandbags in a doorway to prevent water from entering the restaurant where he works at the City Dock in Annapolis, Md. Rains from Hurricane Fran flooded many areas in the September 1996 storm, though the storm was weakened into a tropical depression.
John Mummert
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Sept. 1, 1999
A car is buried in sand and covered with debris near the beach in Nags Head, on North Carolina's Outer Banks, after Tropical Storm Dennis made a second pass at the Carolina coast.
Bob Jordan
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Sept. 3, 1999
A beachfront home in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., showed extensive damage to its driveway from Tropical Storm Dennis in September 1999.
P. Kevin Morley
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Aug. 15, 2004
Javier Lopez, left, Manuel Gonzalez, center, and Alex Villarreal, right, sift through the debris of their home destroyed by a tornado spawned by tropical storm Bonnie in Rocky Point, N.C., in August 2004. Residents in eastern North Carolina suffered through damage from Bonnie only to ride out Hurricane Charlie a day later.
Chuck Burton
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Aug. 30, 2005
Water spills over a levee along the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. It was estimated that 80 percent of New Orleans was under flood waters as levees began to break and leak around Lake Ponchartrain.
Vincent Laforet-Pool
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Aug. 31, 2005
New Orleans police and volunteers use boats to rescue residents from a flooded neighborhood on the east side of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina left much of the city under water. Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many resident remained and had to be rescued from flooded homes and hotels.
Eric Gay
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Aug. 30, 2005
Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina filled the streets near downtown New Orleans.
David J. Phillip
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