The Great Hurricane of 1780 [2] [1] [3] was the deadliest tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere. An estimated 22,000 people died throughout the Lesser Antilles when the storm passed through the islands from October 10 to October 16. [4]

2009年12月2日 · In October 1780, a powerful storm slammed the islands of the Caribbean, killing more than 20,000 people. Known as the Great Hurricane of 1780, it is among the deadliest storms ever recorded.

Great hurricane of 1780, hurricane (tropical cyclone) of October 1780, one of the deadliest on record in the Atlantic Ocean. More than 20,000 people were killed as the storm swept through the eastern Caribbean Sea, with the greatest loss of life centred on the Antilles islands of Barbados, Martinique, and Sint Eustatius.

From October 9 through 15, 1780, a severe hurricane ravaged the eastern Caribbean islands and became the deadliest Atlantic hurricane in recorded history. The storm was first detected when it began to affect Barbados on Oct. 9th, and struck with full fury near Noon of the following day.

Coming in the midst of the American Revolutionary War, the 1780 hurricanes caused heavy losses to European fleets fighting for control of the New World’s Atlantic coast. A fleet of 40 French ships capsized off Martinique during the Great …

The Great Hurricane of 1780 was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. It killed more than 22,000 people when it passed through the Caribbean. [1] [2] There is not much known about the storm, because it happened before people took official records of hurricanes. [3] The hurricane hit Barbados with winds

The 1780 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and fall in 1780. The 1780 season was extraordinarily destructive, and was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, with over 28,000 deaths.

2021年10月10日 · The Great Hurricane of 1780 caused approximately 22,000–27,501 deaths. The second most deadly Atlantic storm is the 1998 Hurricane Mitch, which killed more than 11,374 people.

2015年9月29日 · 1780 was among the worst years in history for North Atlantic hurricanes. The season kicked off in mid-June when a squall formed in the Caribbean and tore across St. Lucia and Puerto Rico.

2011年8月24日 · The San Calixto Hurricane (sometimes given the generic name of The Great Hurricane of 1780) killed an astounding 22,000 people in the eastern Caribbean -- making it the deadliest hurricane...