Hurricane Katie 1955

The center of the storm crossed the coastline of Hispaniola near the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic about midnight that night. This area is thinly populated but the small border towns of Anse-a-Pitre and Pedernales were badly damaged with highest winds estimated at 115 m.p.h. On the basis of incomplete reports, total damage is estimated at between 200,000 and 300,000 USD with 7 deaths.

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1955

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