1775 Newfoundland hurricane
Meteorological history | |
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Formed | August 29, 1775 |
Dissipated | September 9, 1775 |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | 4,000<–4,163 + (8th deadliest 1775 Atlantic hurricane season |
The 1775 Newfoundland hurricane, also known as the Independence Hurricane, was a
Impact
North Carolina and Virginia
On August 27, 1775, a hurricane hit the Outer Banks of
The September 9, 1775, edition of The
At least 163 people were killed.[3]
Newfoundland
Deadliest Atlantic hurricanes | |||
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Rank | Hurricane | Season | Fatalities |
1 | ? "Great Hurricane" | 1780 | 22,000–27,501 |
2 | 5 Mitch | 1998 | 11,374+ |
3 | 2 Fifi | 1974 | 8,210–10,000 |
4 | 4 "Galveston" | 1900 | 8,000–12,000 |
5 | 4 Flora | 1963 | 7,193 |
6 | ? "Pointe-à-Pitre" | 1776 | 6,000+ |
7 | 5 "Okeechobee" | 1928 | 4,112+ |
8 | ? "Newfoundland" | 1775 | 4,000–4,163 |
9 | 3 "Monterrey" | 1909 | 4,000 |
10 | 4 "San Ciriaco" | 1899 | 3,855 |
A storm struck the eastern coast of Newfoundland on September 9, 1775. It is uncertain if this storm was the remnants of the hurricane that had crossed the Outer Banks over a week earlier.[4]
Newfoundland's fisheries "received a very severe stroke from the violence of a storm of wind, which almost swept everything before it,"
A total of 4,000 sailors, mostly from England and Ireland, were reported to have been drowned.[3] A localized storm surge is reported to have reached heights of between 20 and 30 feet. Losses from the hurricane include two armed schooners of the Royal Navy, which were on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland to enforce Britain's fishing rights.
The hurricane is Atlantic Canada's first recorded hurricane and Canada's deadliest natural disaster (and by far the deadliest hurricane to ever hit territory of present-day Canada), as well as the eighth-deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history.
See also
- List of Newfoundland hurricanes
- List of Canadian hurricanes
- Great Hurricane of 1780 – The deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, occurred 5 years later
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-59629-391-5.
- ^ Sullivan, Deanna Stokes (October 2, 2010). "The forgotten storm" (PDF). The Telegram. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ^ a b Rappaport, Edward; Fernandez-Partagas, Jose (May 28, 1995). "The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492-1996". NOAA National Hurricane Center. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ^ "240th Anniversary of the Great Newfoundland Hurricane". NOAA Hurricane Research Division. September 9, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
Further reading
- Ruffman, Alan (July 1996). "The Great Newfoundland and Saint Pierre et Miquelon Hurricane of September 1775" (PDF). S2CID 247642543.
- Williams, Tony (1999). Hurricane of Independence: The Untold Story of the Deadly Storm at the Deciding Moment of the American Revolution. Sourcebooks. ISBN 1402247494.