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Since [[1495]], the [[island]]s of the [[Caribbean]] have experienced ample [[hurricane]] activity; either being directly hit or significantly brushed.

==List of Caribbean hurricanes==
The following is a '''history of hurricane activity in the Caribbean''':

*[[1495]] - [[Christopher Columbus]] encounters a hurricane near [[Hispaniola]]. He reported that “Nothing but the service of [[God]] or the [[Monarchy]]” would he permit himself exposure to such a storm again.
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*September [[1852]] - Hurricane affected Puerto Rico; exact date unknown.
*[[October 29]], [[1867]] - the most violent hurricane in many parts of Puerto Rico, known as "San Narcisco".  Accounts indicate it was a storm of small diameter and rapid movement.  Also affected St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.  1,000 lives were lost.
*[[September 13]], [[1876]] - [[Hurricane San Felipe]], a
.k.a.lso known as San Felipe I, tears through St. Thomas and the southern coast of Puerto Rico.
*[[September 9]], [[1883]] - 105 mph winds hit east killing 106.
*1889, September 3  A very destructive hurricane in St. Thomas. It passed east of the U.S. Virgin Islands in a SE to NW direction. 
*[[August 19]]-[[August 20|20]], [[1891]] - Hurricane crossed eastern Puerto Rico in a SE to NW direction.
*[[August 24]], [[1891]] - crosses Puerto Rico with winds measuring around 95 mph from the ESE.
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*[[January 3]], [[1955]] - Hurricane Alice passed within 1º latitude southeast of St. Croix in the U.S.V.I. in an ENE to WSW direction.
*[[September 11]]-[[September 12|12]], [[1955]] - Tropical storm Hilda passed within 1º latitude north of St. Thomas in the U.S.V.I. in an ESE to WNW direction reaching hurricane intensity on the 12th.
*[[August 11]]-[[August 12|12]], [[1956]]  Hurricane Santa Clara
( a.k.a. (also known as Betsy) crossed Puerto Rico in a SE to NW direction.
*[[September 13]]-[[September 14|14]], [[1958]] - Tropical Storm Gerda passed about 1º latitude from southwestern corner of Puerto Rico in an ESE to WNW direction.
*[[October 6]], [[1958]] - [[Hurricane Janice]] hits with 90 mph wind
*[[August 18]]-[[August 19|19]], [[1959]] - Tropical Storm Edith passed within 1º latitude south of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands from an E to W direction.
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[[Category:Lists of tropical cyclones|Caribbean]]


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