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1915 New Orleans hurricane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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1915 New Orleans hurricane
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The New Orleans Hurricane of 1915 was an intense Category 4 hurricane that made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana during the 1915 Atlantic hurricane season. The hurricane killed 275 people and caused $13 million (1915 US dollars) in damage.
Contents
■	1 Meteorological history
■	2 Impact
■	2.1 New Orleans
■	2.2 Southeast Louisiana
■	3 See also
■	4 Sources
Meteorological history
New Orleans Hurricane of 1915 Category 4 hurricane (SSHS)
Smashed streetcar barn. New Orleans
Formed	September 21, 1915
Dissipated	October 1, 1915
Highest	145 mph (230 km/h)
winds	(1-minute sustained)
Lowest	931 mbar (hPa; 27.49 inHg)
pressure	
Fatalities	275-279
Damage	$13 million (1915 USD)
	$281 million (2009 USD)
Areas	Louisiana, Mississippi,
affected	Alabama
Part of the 1915 Atlantic hurricane season
Storm path
The storm was first reported near the Lesser Antilles between Puerto Rico and South America. In the Caribbean, it strengthened to a 145 mph (230 km/h) Category 4 hurricane on September 25. As the hurricane
moved closer to the Gulf Coast, hurricane warnings were put up from Florida to Louisiana. The storm made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana on September 29 as a strong Category 3 hurricane with 125 mph (200 km/h) sustained winds. The storm then moved northeast and weakened into a tropical storm as it crossed into Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee. The storm became extratropical as it moved north.
Impact
New Orleans
In New Orleans winds of 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) reached the city at 7am. climbing to 60 miles (97 km) an hour over the next 5 hours. Hurricane conditions were experienced from the afternoon into the night, with steady winds of 86 mph (138 km/h) and gusts up to 120 mph (190 km/h). There were reports of damage in New Orleans, with roofs blown off buildings and the Presbytere on Jackson Square losing its cupola. The clock on St. Louis Cathedral stopped at 5:50pm, the height of the storm. The hurricane damaged the Times-Picayune building, hampering newspaper production. More church steeples in the city were blown down or significantly damaged than remained intact.