Great Hurricane of 1780

Island began to field impacts and rain on the night of October 9th 1780. Described as the one of the most destructive hurricanes to have stuck Barbados and the islands of the Eastern Caribbean. The strongest buildings were affected by the wind and torn up off their foundations, all the forts were destroyed, many buildings were destroyed. Many churches, public buildings and almost every house in Bridgetown was leveled. Many of the trees were stripped of their park, meteorologists are of the opinion that this effect is produced of wind velocities of over 200 mph. The noise from the storm was so deafening that people could not hear their own voices. The death toll in Barbados was 4500 persons.

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