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1810-1819 Atlantic hurricane seasons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia	http://en.wikipedia.or^wiki/1810%E2%80%931819_Atlantic_hurric
I.	A minor hurricane that struck Cuba continued onward to Charleston, South Carolina on September 10, causing many deaths, tornadoes, and crop damage as it moved across the state.
II.	On October 4 a major hurricane hit near St. Augustine, Florida. Many homes were destroyed, and 35 people drowned in the sinking of a U.S. Gunboat.
III.	On October 11 a hurricane strikes Pensacola, Florida and Fort Stoddard, Alabama.
IV.	A hurricane moved through the western Caribbean west of Jamaica to Cuba between October 20 and October 25.
On October 26 a Spanish ship is lost at Elliot Key from a hurricane. ^
1812	Atlantic hurricane season
I.	Between June 5 and June 11, a tropical storm moved through the northwest Caribbean Sea.
II.	A tropical cyclone struck Puerto Rico on July 23. ^
III.	On August 8, a tropical storm moved into South Carolina.
Great Louisiana hurricane
IV.	A tropical cyclone was sighted east of Jamaica on August 14. By August 19, it struck southeast Louisiana as a major hurricane after raking the Caribbean Islands. It passed just to the west of New Orleans, almost destroying the levee north of town. The hurricane caused severe flooding, damaged 53 boats, caused $6,000,000 in damage, and 100 deaths. The British fleet in the War of 1812 was disrupted.^
V.	There is record of another hurricane affecting Puerto Rico on August 21.
VI.	Later in the season, a hurricane hit Jamaica on October 12, affecting the island into the 14th. It continued northwestward, hitting Cuba on the 14th before moving into the southwest Atlantic east of Bermuda by October 17. It destroyed 500 houses and many ships. ^
1813	Atlantic hurricane season
I.	On July 22, a hurricane hit Barbados, killing 18 there. It continued through the islands, affecting Puerto Rico on the 23rd, causing more damage and deaths along its path. This is likely the same storm that struck the Bahamas as a major hurricane on July 26 and recurved west of Bermuda by July 29. ^
II.	After moving through the Leeward Islands on July 29, this storm struck Jamaica from July 31 -August 1, leading to many lives lost. The hurricane was last seen moving into Belize on August 3.
III.	Between August 3 and August 7, a tropical cyclone passed nearby Bermuda, with a bulk of the impact occurring on August 4 and early August 5. It was the worst hurricane to affect the island since 1793 and forced the construction of a breakwater to prevent a similar harbor disaster from recurring; more than 30 ships were driven ashore by the "violent gale." Winds were estimated at 90 mph (140 km/h) during the cyclone's passage, (from the book Beware the Hurricane)
IV.	A powerful hurricane hit Dominica and Martinique beginning August 25, causing 3000 deaths. The cyclone moved south of Jamaica by August 28.
V.	A system that affected the Caicos Islands on August 24 moved northwest to strike as a compact major hurricane near Charleston, South Carolina on August 27, causing many deaths due to drowning. The system passed northward through the Mid-Atlantic States by August 29. ^


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