Hurricane Camille

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Hurricane Camille was a catastrophic Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 1969 that caused extreme devastation and loss of life along the U.S. Gulf Coast, particularly in Mississippi.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hurricane Camille canonical 5
Hurricane Camille (1969) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
Category 5 hurricane ⓘ
tropical cyclone ⓘ
affectedArea Alabama ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
U.S. Gulf Coast ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
agencyTrackedBy National Hurricane Center ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hurricane Camille (1969) ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane Camille
basin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
caused extreme rainfall ⓘ
flash flooding ⓘ
freshwater flooding ⓘ
landslides ⓘ
storm surge ⓘ
tornadoes ⓘ
classificationAtVirginiaImpact tropical depression remnants ⓘ
countryAffected Cayman Islands ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
United States ⓘ
countryMostAffected United States ⓘ
damage_USD_1969 1420000000 ⓘ
damage_USD_2010_adjusted_approx 9000000000 ⓘ
dissipatedOn 1969-08-22 ⓘ
fatalities_total_estimate 259 ⓘ
fatalitiesLocation Mississippi ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
fatalitiesRange 256–259 ⓘ
formedOn 1969-08-14 ⓘ
impactedCity Bay St. Louis, Mississippi ⓘ
Biloxi, Mississippi ⓘ
Gulfport, Mississippi ⓘ
Pass Christian, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Pass Christian, MS
landfallPressure_hPa 900 ⓘ
madeLandfallIn Cuba ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
madeLandfallOn 1969-08-17 ⓘ
maximumCategory Category 5 ⓘ
maximumSustainedWinds_mph 175 ⓘ
meteorologicalOrigin tropical wave off Africa ⓘ
minimumCentralPressure_hPa 900 ⓘ
nameRetired true ⓘ
nameRetiredFrom Atlantic hurricane naming list ⓘ
notableFor catastrophic storm surge on the Mississippi Gulf Coast ⓘ
devastating inland flooding in Virginia ⓘ
extreme intensity at landfall ⓘ
oceanBasin North Atlantic ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
partOf list of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes ⓘ
list of costliest United States hurricanes ⓘ
rainfallMax_in 27 ⓘ
rainfallMaxLocation Nelson County, Virginia ⓘ
rankAmongUSLandfallsByPressure one of the lowest on record ⓘ
rapidIntensification true ⓘ
remnantLowCaused extreme rainfall in Nelson County, Virginia ⓘ
replacedByName Carmen ⓘ
retirementYear 1970 ⓘ
season 1969 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
stormSurgeHeight_ft 24 ⓘ
stormSurgeHeightLocation Pass Christian, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Pass Christian, MS
strongestLandfallingUS true ⓘ
struckAsCategory Category 3 in Cuba ⓘ
Category 5 in Mississippi ⓘ
year 1969 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mississippi Gulf Coast → wasAffectedBy → Hurricane Camille ⓘ
Biloxi → notableHurricane → Hurricane Camille ⓘ
Pass Christian → wasSeverelyDamagedBy → Hurricane Camille ⓘ
Biloxi Lighthouse → survivedEvent → Hurricane Camille ⓘ
Hurricane Camille → alsoKnownAs → Hurricane Camille (1969) ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane Camille
Buras, Louisiana → hitBy → Hurricane Camille ⓘ