What a year
1780!!
The first hurricane struck western Jamaica on October 3rd and completely destroyed the settlement of Savanna-La-Mer. It raced across Cuba and the Bahamas before entering the shipping lanes between Cape Hatteras and Bermuda. In addition to an estimated 11,000 deaths, two British fleets were hit.
Later that week, a second storm raked Cuba, killing 2,000.
Next was the greatest killer hurricane of all time: the Great Hurricane of 1780. 22,000 may have died between October 10th and 16th on the seas, and across the West Indies islands of Barbados, Martinique and St. Eustatius.
The final hurricane of the quartet, hit the 64-ship Spanish fleet of under Admiral Solano off the western tip of Cuba as he was preparing to attack Pensacola. It's estimated that 2000 died in this storm.
link to full story:
http://www.weathernotebook.org/transcri ... /11/05.php
Of course all this without MITCH in 1998
