On this date, the second major hurricane of the year to hit the United States struck the Bayou Country of Louisiana with little warning. Heavy destruction was reported along the coast from Timbalier Bay in Louisiana to Pensacola, Florida. Landfall occurred between Port Eads and New Orleans. Winds reached hurricane force around nightfall and continued to increase until the eye crossed the shore about 11 p.m. By 10 PM, the storm surge was increasing water levels along the low-lying coastal sections. Tides reached fifteen feet along the Louisiana coast and sixteen feet on the Chandeleur Islands. Waves reached as high as the lantern at the Chandeleur Island Lighthouse. Over 2,000 people died in the storm, 779 from Cheniere Caminanda and 250 at Grand Lake alone.
The hurricane had slipped across the Gulf undetected after crossing the Yucatan Peninsula from the northwest Caribbean and struck without warning. Cheneire Camindad was the largest settlement on the Louisiana coast with a population of 2,000. Cheneire was never rebuilt. Nearly 800 of its residents died in the hurricane.
The combined death tolls of the October Louisiana hurricane and the August Sea Islands Hurricane made the 1893 Hurricane Season the second deadliest on record in the U.S., behind only the 1900 season.
The hurricane had slipped across the Gulf undetected after crossing the Yucatan Peninsula from the northwest Caribbean and struck without warning. Cheneire Camindad was the largest settlement on the Louisiana coast with a population of 2,000. Cheneire was never rebuilt. Nearly 800 of its residents died in the hurricane.
The combined death tolls of the October Louisiana hurricane and the August Sea Islands Hurricane made the 1893 Hurricane Season the second deadliest on record in the U.S., behind only the 1900 season.
on January 15, 2006, 6:50 am
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