hurricane hurricane deadliest atlantic tropical cyclones record killing estimated people mexico originating tropical storm east leeward_islands august storm tracked west northwest entering caribbean_sea minimal hurricane day striking hispaniola august hurricane landfall eastern cuba caribbean open water storm intensified category hurricane moved northern tip yucatán_peninsula august storm emerged gulf_of_mexico weakened system attained peak winds mph evening maintaining intensity system landfall mexican state late august rapidly dissipated following afternoon existence hurricane remained relatively close land consequently effects felt areas northern caribbean received moderate heavy rainfall gusty winds passage haiti reported damage effects far severe mexico estimated people killed record breaking floods triggered hurricane city received worst damage half structures city flooded hundreds destroyed people left homeless damage storm country estimated exceeded million usd billion usd meteorological history origins hurricane uncertain lack ship reports western atlantic_ocean according atlantic hurricane database identifiable tropical storm august east leeward_islands tracking west northwest storm quickly attained winds mph equivalent category status modern day saffir evening august storm entered caribbean_sea brushed northern coast guadeloupe intensification hurricane northeastern caribbean slow early august landfall winds mph dominican_republic southwest country capital city santo domingo hurricane weakened slightly mountainous terrain hispaniola believed maintained winds mph based damage reports haiti later august storm jumped northward making landfall cuban province continuing west northwest hurricane regained strength moved northern caribbean afternoon august system attained winds mph corresponding category hurricane early following morning intensified category major hurricane defined having winds excess mph making landfall yucatán_peninsula near city hurricane emerged gulf_of_mexico hours quickly intensified attain peak winds mph august soon slowed turned west maintaining intensity late august storm final landfall mexican state rapid weakening took place drifted onshore dissipated following afternoon impact prior hurricane devastating impacts mexico brought heavy rains high winds northern affected storm leeward_islands known damage resulted passage moderate rain gusty winds reported puerto_rico dominican_republic jamaica despite slightly weaker haiti severe damage reported towns homes destroyed homeless cuba impacted storm winds mph recorded far north havana hurricane second landfall mexico brought increased swells gusty winds recorded mph parts southern texas low lying areas north corpus inundated water piers damaged overall damage state minimal storm lives lost borderline category hurricane landfall yucatán_peninsula little known storm impact region ship situated offshore recorded winds mph passage following hurricane second landfall resulting damage catastrophic overnight hours august cities coastline likely sustained severe damage hurricane storm surge high winds villages coast completely destroyed storm communication region crippled expected restored week bridges roughly railroad tracks destroyed state worst damage took place inland state torrential rainfall triggered flood exceeding year flood values according mexico storm dropped rain hour span rains fell following hours situation according mexican officials overnight august reservoir dam near capital city burst flooding half buildings city nearby town steel works situated santa river destroyed river rose banks hundreds homes destroyed city leaving estimated people homeless according enormous water moved second height flood height floods residents forced seek refuge roofs story buildings santa river flowing fast pace mph force current led homes taken foundations sent downstream resulting deaths inside incident people died seeking refuge school homes collapsed long entering building flood waters inundated structure caused collapse morning survivors reported state city damage hurricane estimated million usd billion usd roughly million attributed railroad losses mexico reports indicated people killed result storm making deadliest atlantic hurricanes record estimates place death toll high low fatalities believed south blocks city completely destroyed aftermath immediately following catastrophic flooding appeal united_states nations aid residents visitors city help rescue trapped flood waters care homeless according new_york_times person rescued people stranded flood waters numerous rescue operations undertaken flood saving lives survivors faced issue losing homes lack food food unavailable residents wake storm august relief supplies arrived received small bread beans flood santa river searches conducted attempt locate bodies victims reports indicated river bed similar bodies likely underground days storm fears food shortages began arise railways food normally able delivered washed deal large bodies wake disaster mexican officials decided mass bury victims mid september people hired repair rebuild devastated railways edition book accounting reports form people experienced flood planned according director publications book considered historical quality memory perished flood book released public august year anniversary disaster
1909 Monterrey hurricane