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1831 Barbados–Louisiana hurricane

Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 1831

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The Great Barbados hurricane was an intense Category 4 hurricane that left cataclysmic damage across the Caribbean and Louisiana in 1831.

Meteorological history

The storm came toward the end of an active summer storm season. In June of 1831, Captain Charles Cooper from the mail-boat schooner Friends took note of a strong gale about 15 miles south of Grenada, more severe than any storm since 1780.

Impact

During the storm, roofs of most buildings swayed against the walls, eventually settling in the ground. Trinidad was wholly destroyed, though ships in the Gulf of Paria escaped without damage. The storm also caused a boat to travel ashore.

The storm caused ships to sink and killed 1,500 people and caused $7 million USD in damages. According to the Bridgetown Press, Barbados was "laid waste", that no sign of plants was present. The death toll was controversial, with the apparent death toll being much higher.

References

(1831). "Account of the Fatal Hurricane, by which Barbados Suffered in August 1831: To which is Prefixed a Succinct Narrative of the Convulsions of the Elements, which at Several Times Have Visited and Injured the West Indian Islands". Samuel Hyde.
Griffin-Elliott, Thia. "185th Anniversary of the Great Barbados hurricane".
(2021-10-30). "Account of the Fatal Hurricane by which Barbados suffered in August 1831".

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