NOVA S44E24 - Killer Hurricanes

Episode Overview

In 2017, the U.S. mainland and Caribbean islands were ravaged by catastrophic hurricanes, but they weren't the first to face such fury. The Great Hurricane of 1780 unleashed its wrath over nine days, traversing the Caribbean and claiming at least 20,000 lives—the deadliest toll from any single weather event on record. What factors contributed to the extraordinary lethality of this historic superstorm?

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