- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- 1893 Sea Islands Hurricane
- Creator:
- Johnson, Michele Nicole
- Date of Original:
- 2019-08-29
- Subject:
- Hurricanes--Georgia--Sea Islands--History--19th century
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Sea Islands, 31.50161, -81.1262
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the 1893 Sea Islands hurricane. One of the deadliest hurricanes in American history made landfall south of Tybee Island near Savannah on August 27, 1893. Now known as the 1893 Sea Island Hurricane, the storm had winds as high as 120 mph and a sixteen-foot storm surge—the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir-Simpson scale. The storm devastated the barrier islands of Georgia and South Carolina, killing over 2,000 people and leaving more than 30,000 homeless.
GSE identifier: SS8H7 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/1893-sea-islands-hurricane/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "1893 Sea Islands Hurricane," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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