![]() ![]() The storm surge knocked a Florida East Coast Railway Overseas Railroad train off its tracks. The hurricane battered the Florida Keys, triggering storm surge flooding and torrential rainfall. The cyclone made landfall at Long Key on the evening of September 2 at its highest point of intensity. That day, the Weather Bureau sent a plane to survey the storm, marking the first time in history an aircraft was used for hurricane surveillance. According to ships reports from the Caribbean, the cyclone explosively intensified on September 2, becoming a Category 5 hurricane in a matter of hours. ![]() The next day, it advanced from a tropical depression to become a tropical storm. The weather pattern developed northeast of the Turk Islands on August 31. The storm was one of the most devastating ever to strike the US and caused $100 million in damage before adjusting for inflation. Twenty-foot storm surge waters rushed in from the shore and washed away buildings while the lashing winds blew debris and toppled trees. The devastating tropical storm caused unprecedented damage to the Upper Keys and across much of Southern Florida. The Labor Day Hurricane is tied with 2019’s Hurricane Dorian for the strongest Atlantic storm to make landfall, bearing sustained windspeeds over 185 miles per hour. When it blew over Long Key on September 2, 1935, it was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the contiguous United States. A hurricane made landfall in the Florida Keys over Labor Day Weekend in 1935. ![]()
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