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Hurricane winds bring memories of Hurricane Donna, which blew through Central Florida in 1960, not long before John F. Kennedy was elected president.
Hurricane Donna will go down in history as one of SWFL's most damaging storms. Donna hit Naples and Fort Myers in September 1960.
Weather experts say Hurricane Irma reminds them most of Hurricane Donna, a storm that made landfall near Marathon on Sept. 10, 1960, packing winds of 130 mph. The storm destroyed more than 2,000 ...
Infamy squared, that’s what Sept. 10 is for Southwest Floridians. September 10, 1960. Packing sustained winds of 160 miles per hour, Hurricane Donna scored a direct hit on Naples and Collier County.
The foundation for the Doppler weather radar we benefit from today was paved by the U.S. Weather Bureau beginning its rollout ...
Memorable is the word for it: What started as a tropical wave off the African coast on Aug. 29, 1960, Donna is the only hurricane on record to produce hurricane-force winds all the way from ...
Hurricane Donna is the fifth strongest hurricane to hit the U.S., resulting in the deaths of 50 people and causing an estimated $387 million in damage at the time.
Hurricane Donna struck the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm with an atmospheric pressure at landfall of 27.46 inches, making Donna the 5th largest hurricane in United States history.
September 10, 2017. Hurricane Irma made its landfall on Marco Island, then hit Naples with winds gusting up to 142 mph on the 57 th anniversary of Hurricane Donna. Everglades City and Chokoloskee ...