florida keys hurricane florida keys hurricane powerful deadly hurricane caused major impacts cuba southern florida fifth hurricane major hurricane season storm formed system near barbados october october intensified tropical storm landfall hurricane central_america hurricane traveled cuba making landfall havoc island storm landfall florida keys evening october people killed result hurricane damages totaled people killed storm workers hurricane eventually led end production florida keys commercial purposes hurricanes following years collaboration united_states_air_force attempted seed hurricane storm sudden came ashore near charleston south_carolina result lawsuits filed denied path storm revealed similar hurricane meteorological history hurricane originated cyclonic near barbados october reported local newspapers october closed circulation evident system panama report sent weather_bureau reporting sinking barometric pressures october recognized tropical storm early october winds mph located southwestern caribbean_sea system continued west october strengthened hurricane began curve west northwest strengthening occurred intensified category hurricane hurricane landfall nicaragua october category hurricane system quickly weakened tropical storm traveled west northwestward october later passing later struck belize october strong category hurricane october tracking north northwestward system weakened tropical storm october category hurricane october hurricane began turn northeastward continued intensify attaining category status october hurricane continued approach havana day hurricane center passed east havana evening following morning hurricane located southern florida moving northeastward passed east coast south_carolina hurricane began weaken forced curve south southwestward striking florida result high pressure area system eventually weakened tropical depression florida traced southwestward gulf_of_mexico october remnants hurricane struck central_america dissipated october preparations impact central_america town suffered moderate damage hurricane including downed trees damage roofs western nicaragua widespread flooding damaged roads disrupted construction port plantations severely damaged addition destruction bridges roads city landslides occurred leading destruction hills addition local crops suffered damage including local banana rubber crops large wave measuring feet caused storm described nicaragua caused brief seal town nearly wiped hurricane damage fruit plantations costa_rica totaled cuba havana sustained major damage hurricane houses destroyed cable operators miami jamaica unable reach telegraph services city wall united_states blown sea severely damaged havana service temporarily disrupted storm trees blown parks havana people killed city people killed missing location 28th infantry tents destroyed widespread damage killed injured city tobacco crops ruined tobacco municipality destroyed sugar crop survived hurricane section cuba banana crops completely destroyed rivers topped banks country florida miami houses destroyed episcopal methodist churches completely destroyed jail miami nearly completely dismantled prisoners evacuated peninsula sheds collapsed roofs blown away story brick saloon destroyed hurricane miami telegraph office reported street flooding city telegraph office flooded damage miami amounted houses trees knocked tide described highest years streets flooded city passengers drowned storm near campbell destroyed near sank telegraph lines south effects hurricane severe people died railway boats workers swept sea barges steamer rescued workers dropped sent savannah georgia railway losses totaled construction disrupted year storm equipment repaired farmers florida keys suffered large losses orange fields devastated storm lives lost plantations keys government wharf damaged hurricane aftermath following hurricane workers provided wooden barracks land additional safety measures enforced hurricane eventually led end commercial production florida keys attempted use method cloud hurricane approximately pounds crushed dry ice seeded hurricane system successfully seeded soon hurricane changed course traced charleston south_carolina following project cancelled numerous lawsuits filed result sudden change path storm similar path hurricane prevented success lawsuits
1906 Florida Keys hurricane