National
Today in History: October 9
THE BAHAMAS – On this day in Bahamian history, on October 9, 1963, Hurricane Flora passed over the southeastern Bahamas, causing one death on the island of Mayaguana and extensive agricultural and infrastructure damage to the islands of Exuma, Long Island, Crooked Island, Acklins, Long Cay, and Inagua.
THE BAHAMAS – On this day in Bahamian history, on October 9, 1963, Hurricane Flora passed over the southeastern Bahamas, causing one death on the island of Mayaguana and extensive agricultural and infrastructure damage to the islands of Exuma, Long Island, Crooked Island, Acklins, Long Cay, and Inagua.
Hurricane Flora is among the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history, with a regional death total of at least 7,193 people. It was the seventh tropical storm and sixth hurricane of the 1963 Atlantic hurricane season. After remaining a weak depression for several days, it rapidly organized on September 29 to attain tropical storm status.
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Then-head of the Shantytown Action Task Force, Dion Foulkes, said they were following the legal process.
Dion Foulkes – Head of the Shantytown Action Task Force
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