Hurricane Betsy hit the Florida Keys and the Miami area on Sept. 8, 1965. It made a mess of things. Stores got flooded. Fish swam down the streets. Water sloshed through hotel lobbies. Boats sunk ...

Hurricane Betsy hit the Florida Keys and the Miami area on Sept. 8, 1965. It made a mess of things. Stores got flooded. Fish swam down the streets. Water sloshed through hotel lobbies.

Hurricane Betsy, a Category 4 hurricane, approached the Gulf of Mexico with alarming strength. The storm made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, with winds of up to 155 miles per hour.

Betsy killed 81 people as she zigged and zagged across the South. I never thought I’d go through something like that again, and, to be clear, I didn’t. Yes, I was at Candlestick Park some 35 ...

For every ounce of atmospheric vapor in Hurricane Betsy, he calculated, there were almost two ounces of sea water vapor—a finding that strongly suggested Betsy had derived about 60% of her ...

Track Hurricane Betsy's path here. Due to the flooding and storm surge, Betsy became one of the most expensive storms up to that date, causing $1.4 billion in damage.

Hurricane Betsy was a Category 3 hurricane that grazed across the Florida Keys near Key Largo on Sept. 8, 1965.Betsy moved quickly across the eastern Gulf of Mexico before ultimately making ...