The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926

Miami was the fastest growing city in the nation, in the midst of a great real estate boom. Then nature intervened. At the time, the United States Weather service described the hurricane of September 17 - 20, 1926 as “probably the most destructive storm in the history of the United States” The “Great Miami Hurricane” deserves to be remembered.


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