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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Betsy (1965)
27 August 1965 · North Atlantic · Category 4
Hurricane Betsy formed in the North Atlantic basin on 27 August 1965 and lasted 17 days. Its sustained winds reached 222 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 942 hPa. It made landfall in the United States of America. It killed at least 81 people.
- Formed
- 27 August 1965
- Dissipated
- 13 September 1965
- Duration
- 17 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 222 km/h (120 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 942 hPa
- Deaths
- 81
Countries Hit
- Cat. 4United States of America213 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth