#22 Hurricane Camille (1969)
Duration: August 14-22, 1969
Origin: Caribbean, south of Cuba
Highest 1-minute Sustained Winds: 175 mph (280 kph)
Lowest central atmospheric pressure: 900 millibars
Hurricane Camille, the second-most intense tropical weather disturbance to hit the United States of America on record, was also the strongest storm of the 1969 hurricane season, causing massive devastation in its aftermath. The hurricane levelled structures along the Mississippi coast, killing 259 people and costing $1.43 billion dollars in destruction.
