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1928 Okeechobee Hurricane
National Hurricane Center
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The 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane
Lake Okeechobee south-shore flood and burial landscape · United States
Why editors use it hereFederal hurricane-history summary of intensity, landfall, and national death ranking.
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On 16 September 1928, a powerful hurricane crossed Palm Beach County and pushed Lake Okeechobee over low earthen dikes.
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Trigger and conditions
The storm devastated Puerto Rico before approaching Florida, but communications and forecast reach were limited.
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Uncertainty
Florida's official death count is 2,500, but estimates rise above 3,000 because Black and migrant victims were incompletely identified.
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Why it matters
Okeechobee demonstrates how landscape transformation and racial inequality convert a storm into disproportionate death.
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