1960 Hurricane Donna

Winds of 145 mph, passed 10 miles north of North Caicos dumping 20” of rain in 24 hours. Turks Island escaped the full fury of the Hurricane as it passed to the north and the highest winds were only 45-50 kt. However, rainfall was extremely heavy and amounted to over 20 inches, much of which fell in a 12 hour period.

Source: https://goo.gl/objRwa, https://goo.gl/MmRuAU

country: 
Turks and Caicos
category: 
Hurricanes
year: 
1960

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