hurricane hurricane caused significant damage dominican_republic florida panhandle second tropical cyclone second hurricane atlantic hurricane season storm observed south dominican_republic july shortly landfall dominican_republic intensity equivalent category hurricane modern day saffir simpson hurricane wind scale early july system weakened tropical storm shortly emerging atlantic_ocean moved west northwestward remained intensity hours storm landfall near florida july brushed southwest florida emerging gulf_of_mexico storm began intensify july hurricane later day early august peaked winds mph hours making landfall near florida intensity storm quickly weakened inland dissipated alabama august dominican_republic large wrecked santo domingo crew member vessels survived great damage reported coastal sections country loss telegraph service impacted interior areas florida damage city extensive houses remained losses city reached approximately usd shipping vessels destroyed damage ships collectively totaled additionally lumber vessels beached boats harbor wrecked large portions stores city damaged towns completely destroyed resort city suffered significant damage overall seven deaths confirmed florida losses state reached million meteorological history violent hurricane observed near south coast hispaniola utc july hours storm landfall dominican_republic winds mph equivalent category hurricane modern day saffir simpson hurricane wind scale early july weakened tropical storm moving northwestward northern haiti hours later storm emerged atlantic near system maintained intensity hours moved northwestward parallel north coast cuba utc july storm landfall florida upper key winds mph weakened slightly moved offshore struck mainland portion florida early july storm began strengthen entering eastern gulf mexico north_atlantic hurricane database indicated system intensified hurricane utc july deepening occurred storm category hurricane early august later day hurricane landfall florida winds mph reports landfall indicate storm small spanning diameter miles utc august hour moved inland weather station measured storm minimum barometric pressure mbar inhg early august weakened tropical storm tropical depression hours later shortly dissipating southern alabama impact news reports indicate violent hurricane struck dominican_republic july large wrecked santo domingo crew member vessels survived great damage reported coastal sections country loss telegraph service impacted interior areas somewhat threatening weather conditions july july advisories issued stations florida warning potential strong winds result vessels remained port according ships sailors sailed lost received warnings time storm described disastrous cyclone visited section florida losses storm florida reached million city devastated houses city remained according mayor families left homeless new_york_times stated literally wiped map losses city reached approximately fatality occurred house collapsed woman numerous people area sustained injuries shipping vessels destroyed including small boats pilot boats losses ships collectively totaled known mass meeting citizens held august collect money victims storm additionally lumber vessels beached mile portion washed away passenger train blown yards track injuring passengers boats harbor wrecked local summer resort blown gulf_of_mexico large portions stores city damaged virtually entire town destroyed mill boilers city completely destroyed additionally resort city suffered significant damage total ships destroyed beached including people reported missing drowning deaths confirmed association storm
1899 Carrabelle hurricane