1926 Miami hurricane facts for kids
| Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Surface weather analysis of the storm over South Florida on September 18
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| Formed | 11 September 1926 |
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| Dissipated | 22 September 1926 |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 150 mph (240 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 930 mbar (hPa); 27.46 inHg (estimated) |
| Fatalities | 372–539+ |
| Damage | $78.58 million (1926 USD) (Costliest U.S. hurricane when adjusted for wealth normalization) |
| Areas affected | Turks and Caicos Islands, The Bahamas, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana |
| Part of the 1926 Atlantic hurricane season | |
The 1926 Miami Hurricane (or the Great Miami Hurricane) was a very large and violent tropical cyclone. The hurricane caused a lot of damage in the Miami metropolitan area of southern Florida and in the Bahamas.
The storm caused $78.5 million in damage to the United States. Estimates from 2010 put the damage at $165 billion, meaning the storm surpasses Katrina as the costliest U.S. hurricane.
Between 372 and 540 deaths happened because of the hurricane.
Images for kids
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Damage to a home near Miami, Florida
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Damage on Fort Lauderdale beach, near Port Everglades
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Remains of a bridge at Baker's Haulover Inlet
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Damage on Miami Beach
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Damage to Knight's Chapel in Nokomis
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Bridge swept away at Pensacola
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Panoramic view of Downtown Miami after the hurricane, wryly titled "Miami's New Drydock"
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Destruction of vegetation near Miami
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A damaged homesite in the Miami area
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Downed tree near Miami
