Fifty years ago on Aug. 14, 1969, Hurricane Camille formed out in the ocean near Cuba. When it hit Mississippi early on Aug. 18 it was a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 190 mph. The ...
(WALA) - Hurricane Camille is known as a historic storm that made landfall as a Category 5 storm. Meteorologists still learn from and study this hurricane to this day. It helped set the stage for how ...
One of the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall also became one of Virginia’s worst natural disasters. Hurricane Camille made landfall along the Gulf Coast on Aug. 17, 1969, as a powerful ...
WEST FRANKFORT - Ray Baine is a firm believer that in life, experience is the best teacher. And it's the real-life experience of an August weekend 36 years ago that gives Baine firsthand knowledge of ...