Hurricane Jeanne

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Hurricane Jeanne was one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes on record, producing damaging floods in Haiti in September 2004 that killed 3,006 people. Jeanne also moved through the Bahamas as a major hurricane, roughly three weeks after Hurricane Frances moved through the archipelago. The two hurricanes caused more than US$550 million in damage and economic losses in the Bahamas, about 10% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). On September 26, Jeanne made landfall in southeastern Florida with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour (195 kilometres per hour). It was the last of four hurricanes to impact the state in the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. The tenth named storm, seventh hurricane, and fifth major hurricane of the season, Jeanne originated near the Lesser Antilles on September 13. During its formative stages, Jeanne dropped 12 inches (300 mm) of precipitation on Guadeloupe, damaging hundreds of buildings from floods. Landslides and flooding affected the Virgin...

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