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  1. Hurricane Camille: A Destructive Force
    Hurricane Camille was one of the most intense and destructive storms in U.S. history, hitting the Gulf Coast in August 1969.
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    After entering the Gulf of Mexico, the hurricane struck the Mississippi River basin. As the storm moved inland across much of the southeastern United States and Appalachia, it caused severe flash flooding. Hurricane Camille started as a tropical storm on Aug. 14, 1969, west of the Cayman Islands and rapidly gained strength as it moved toward Cuba.
    Hurricane Camille was a powerful, deadly and destructive Category 5 major hurricane which became the second most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the United States (behind the 1935 Labor Day hurricane) and is one of just four Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S.
    Hurricane Camille started as a tropical storm on Aug. 14, 1969, west of the Cayman Islands and rapidly gained strength as it moved toward Cuba. On August 16 the storm was a category 5 hurricane, the highest classification on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. Late on the night of August 17, the storm hit Bay Saint Louis in Mississippi.
    Hurricane Camille was one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the U.S. and made landfall along the Gulf Coast 50 years ago. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com