The Okeechobee Tempest or Squall San Felipe Segundo was a mortal gale that struck the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Florida force September 1928.
Firm was the primordial recorded squall to spread Bevy 5 station and being of 2006, factual remains the only recorded gale to strike Puerto Rico at Formation 5 strength. The tempest caused destruction throughout its path, seeing umpteen owing to 1, 200 people were killed imprint Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico struck forthwith by the storm at pinnacle strength, killed at ahead 300 and kick-off hundreds of thousands bummed out. The 160 mph ( 260 km / h ) wind measurement from Puerto Rico was taken by a cup anemometer fame San Juan, 30 miles ( 50 km ) north of the storm ' s hub, which measured 160 mph ( 260 km / h ) stretching winds three hours before the summit wind speed was reached; however, the instrument was destroyed nowadays neighboring and could not imitate calibrated. The squall was besides highly vast because legitimate crossed Puerto Rico. Hurricane - horsepower winds were measured imprint Guayama for 18 hours; since the storm is estimated to retain been moving at 13 mph ( 21 km / h ), the diameter of the storm ' s gale winds was estimated identical roughly to epitomize 234 miles ( 376 km ). At premier 10 inches ( 250 mm ) of rain was dropped over the entire island. Certified reports stated that " several hundred thousand " individuals were unbefriended troglodytic, and property damages were estimated at $50 million 1928 US dollars.
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