1945 Homestead Hurricane

Deaths: 22
Impact: 22 deaths occurred in the Bahamas largely in the Caicos Group of Islands West of Turks Island. Long Island also experienced heavy damage, but Nassau escaped damage.

Document(s): https://goo.gl/VPstLd,

Taken from these original sources
Sumner (1945)Independent-Record (1945)

country: 
Bahamas
category: 
Hurricanes
year: 
1945

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