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Hurricane Inez 1966

In Haiti falling power lines and radio towers brought a communications blackout with the storm. Mighty winds funneling down the Valley of Death a deep gorge between Haiti’s towering mountain ranges and flash floods pounding down the slopes. Inez blasted Haiti with winds of 160 mph. The eye entered at a point east of Jacmel on the southern coast of Haiti and emerged near Leogane on the northern coast. Inez caused 20,350,000 damage and about 500 Haitians were killed, 1000 injured and 60,000 were left homeless.

Hurricane Cleo 1964

As Hurricane Cleo passed south of Haiti on August 24, it veered northward momentarily, enough to move on to the southwest peninsula. The Hurricane entered land just east of the city of Les Cayes. Within a short time, the hurricane reached the slopes of the Massif de la Hotte. During the next few hours the movement of Cleo was obscure. Damage in Haiti was considerable, and 132 persons killed. The storm also led to 250 injuries and 5,000,000 USD in damage.

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