Labor Day Hurricane of 1935

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The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 was a catastrophic Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that devastated the Florida Keys, killing hundreds and causing extensive destruction, including the ruin of major infrastructure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
Category 5 hurricane ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
tropical cyclone ⓘ
affectedArea Atlantic coast of the United States ⓘ
Florida Keys ⓘ
Florida Panhandle ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Key West ⓘ
linked to: Key West, Florida

Middle Florida Keys ⓘ
linked to: Middle Keys

South Carolina ⓘ
Upper Florida Keys ⓘ
linked to: Florida Keys
alsoKnownAs 1935 Labor Day hurricane ⓘ
Great Labor Day Hurricane ⓘ
basin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
caused extreme winds ⓘ
flooding ⓘ
heavy rainfall ⓘ
infrastructure destruction ⓘ
storm surge ⓘ
classification Cape Verde-type hurricane ⓘ
countryAffected United States ⓘ
damageType catastrophic ⓘ
deathsEstimate over 400 ⓘ
over 400 people ⓘ
deathsRange 408–423 ⓘ
destroyed bridges in the Florida Keys ⓘ
railroad infrastructure in the Florida Keys ⓘ
sections of the Overseas Railway ⓘ
dissipatedOn September 10, 1935 ⓘ
formedIn 1935 ⓘ
formedOn August 29, 1935 ⓘ
impactedPopulation World War I veterans working on federal relief projects in the Florida Keys ⓘ
locationOfGreatestImpact Upper Florida Keys ⓘ
linked to: Florida Keys
lowestCentralPressure_hPa 892 ⓘ
lowestCentralPressure_inHg 26.35 ⓘ
lowestCentralPressure_mbar 892 ⓘ
madeLandfallAs Category 5 hurricane ⓘ
madeLandfallIn Florida ⓘ
Florida Keys ⓘ
madeLandfallOn September 2, 1935 ⓘ
maximumCategory Category 5 ⓘ
maximumSustainedWinds_km_h 295 ⓘ
maximumSustainedWinds_mph 185 ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most intense hurricanes to strike the United States ⓘ
devastation of the Florida Keys ⓘ
having one of the lowest recorded central pressures for a U.S. landfalling hurricane ⓘ
high death toll among World War I veterans ⓘ
partOf 1935 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
region North Atlantic ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
season hurricane season ⓘ
struckOnHoliday Labor Day ⓘ
linked to: Labor Day weekend
year 1935 ⓘ

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Overseas Railroad → destroyedBy → Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 ⓘ
subject linked to: Overseas Railroad (historic)
Overseas Railroad → damageEvent → 1935 Labor Day Hurricane ⓘ
subject linked to: Overseas Railroad (historic)
linked to: Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 → alsoKnownAs → 1935 Labor Day hurricane ⓘ
linked to: Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 → alsoKnownAs → Great Labor Day Hurricane ⓘ
linked to: Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
Hurricane Memorial → commemorates → 1935 Labor Day hurricane ⓘ
linked to: Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
Hurricane Memorial → erectedAfter → 1935 Labor Day hurricane ⓘ
linked to: Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
Hurricane Memorial → significantEvent → 1935 Labor Day hurricane ⓘ
linked to: Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
Hurricane Memorial → associatedWith → Florida Keys hurricane of 1935 ⓘ
linked to: Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
Florida Keys History and Discovery Center → hasExhibitsOn → Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 ⓘ