It was the 7th deadliest hurricane in United States history, and was one of three deadly hurricanes during the 1893 Atlantic hurricane season; the storm killed an estimated 1,000–2,000 people, …

Aug 29, 2019 · One of the deadliest hurricanes in American history made landfall south of Tybee Island near Savannah on August 27, 1893. Now known as the 1893 Sea Island Hurricane, the …

Nov 5, 2024 · But these storms were just a warmup for the Sea Islands Hurricane, which struck just south of Tybee Island and Savannah, Georgia, on Aug. 27, 1893, devastated the coastal …

Aug 31, 2021 · On August, 27th back in 1893 a major hurricane known as the “Sea Island Hurricane” struck Beaufort and the barrier islands here in the Lowcountry. The hurricane …

On the evening of Aug. 27th, the sixth hurricane of that year, known as the Great Sea Island hurricane, struck the Georgia coast near Savannah. In addition to its estimated 120 mph winds …

A hurricane with the same destructive force as Katrina hit the Georgia coast on this day in 1893. Known as the “Sea Island Storm,” it killed nearly 2,000 people. The hurricane first hit the …

The hurricane carried an estimated 193 km/h (120 mph) winds and a tremendous storm surge (5 m/16 ft), which completely submerged many of the Sea Islands. The storm moved through …

Aug 29, 2019 · Now known as the 1893 Sea Island Hurricane, the storm had winds as high as 120 mph and a sixteen-foot storm surge—the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane on the …

Where starving black people 112 years ago dug ditches to reclaim flooded fields, half-million dollar homes and golf courses edge coastal marshes and rivers on dozens of islands strung …

The 1893 Sea Islands hurricane was a very deadly tropical cyclone. It was Category 3 under Saffir-Simpson scale. The storm had winds near 120 mph. It made landfall at the Georgia …