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The 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane was
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a powerful tropical cyclone that
resigns as the first President of
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devastated much of the East Coast of
Kazakhstan after a 29-year
the United States, starting with Florida's
tenure, appointing Kassym-Jomart
Cedar Keys, near the end of
Tokayev as interim president.
September. The storm's rapid
Karen Uhlenbeck becomes the
movement allowed it to maintain much
first woman to be awarded the
of its intensity after landfall, becoming
Abel Prize in mathematics.
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Flooding on the island of Cedar Key, Florida
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one of the costliest United States hurricanes at the time. The fourth
A gunman kills three people and injures five others in a
tropical cyclone of the 1896 Atlantic hurricane season, it washed out the
shooting in Utrecht, Netherlands.
railroad connecting the Cedar Keys to the mainland with a 10.5 ft
At least 89 people are killed by a flash flood and
(3.2 m) storm surge, and submerged much of the island group (Cedar
landslide in Jayapura Regency and Jayapura,
Key flooding pictured). The hurricane killed at least 70 people in
Indonesia.
km2)
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mainland Florida, and razed 5,000 sq mi (13,000
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forests in the northern part of the state. In Savannah, Georgia, fierce
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winds unroofed thousands of structures. In Washington, D.C., the White
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of dense pine
House grounds were left in disarray. Monuments at the Gettysburg
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Battlefield were damaged. Along the storm's path, it caused at least 202
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