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  • Sid Kalmas stands guard over his hotel after the Caribbean area was swept by Hurricane Hugo, Sept. 20, 1989, Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands. The yacht in background was dumped there by Hugo, which proceeded to cause massive damage in South Carolina when it hit the mainland. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
  • YARDLEY, PA - SEPTEMBER 20: Mark Hackman (L), and his brother Mike Hackman push Mike's wife Lori Hackman and son Sammy Hackman in a boat through flood waters September 20, 2004 in Yardley, Pennsylvania. Rain from Hurricane Ivan in upstate Pennsylvania and New York caused the worst flooding along the Delaware River in 50 years. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
  • This water tower, a landmark at Florida City, Fla., still stands Aug. 25, 1992, over the ruins of the Florida coastal community that was hit by the force of Hurricane Andrew. (AP Photo)
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  • GALVESTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 20: Residents of the Justine Apartments stand near a pile of rotting food outside their front door September 20, 2008 in Galveston, Texas. The food was removed from a grocery store in the building after it was flooded by Hurricane Ike on September 13. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
  • The Grand Isle Hurricane, New Orleans, 1909; approximately 275 killed
  • The 1926 Miami hurricane (or Great Miami Hurricane) was a Category 4 hurricane that devastated Miami in September, 1926. More than 370 were killed.
  • A group of people begin the grim task of identifying those killed when hurricane Audrey swept through this small coastal town in Cameron, La., on June 29, 1957. (AP Photo/Randy Taylor)
  • Tthe Labor Day Hurricane was the first Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States in the 20th Century. A train sent from Miami to evacuate Works Progress Administration (WPA) construction workers who were camped in the Keys was almost entirely swept away.
  • This Sep. 21, 1938 photo shows the Strandway in South Boston with 100-mile-an-hour hurricane winds which struck New England hard. It's been nearly 73 years since the Great New England Hurricane of 1938 _ one of the most powerful, destructive storms ever to hit southern New England. (AP Photo)
  • NEW ORLEANS, LA - SEPTEMBER 12: Neighborhoods are flooded with oil and water two weeks after Hurricane Katrina went though Louisiana September 12, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina hit the region on August 29, 2005, causing numerous deaths and severe property damage in Louisiana and Mississippi. (Photo by Carlos Barria-POOL/Getty Images)
  • This photo supplied by the National Weather Service shows the flooded town of Pahokee, Fla., following a Sept. 16, 1928 hurricane. The water topped seven feet in Belle Meade and eleven feet in homes near the lake. More than 2,000 people perished. A recent study by a state-hired panel of experts revealed that 85 miles of the dike surrounding Lake Okeechobee part of which was dedicated in 1961 by former President Herbert Hoover, is in imminent danger of failing in another major hurricane, threatening up to 60,000 residents. After Hurricane Katrina submerged New Orleans, the task of repairing the dike has taken on new urgency. (AP Photo/National Weather Service)
  • In this September 1900 file photo, a large part of the city of Galveston, Texas, is reduced to rubble after being hit by a surprise hurricane Sept. 8, 1900. More than 6,000 people were killed and 10,000 left homeless from the storm, the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. (AP Photo/File)
 
 

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