Hurricane history: 7 destructive storms

Labor Day Hurricane

Date: 29 August – 10 September 1935
Category: 5
Deaths: 485

One reason why this hurricane cost the lives of hundreds is due to the underestimation of its scale. Hitting Florida Keys on 2 September, the hurricane obliterated the coast, where World War I veterans had been sent to build roads and bridges. 250 of them died doing this work because the organisers were unaware of the intensity of the incoming storm.
Slamming into a 64-kilometre section of the coast, almost all human-made structures were ripped apart and the workers stood no chance in the fight for their lives. At the time it was the most intense hurricane to hit the US.

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