EMUSA Session 5, Historical Overview of US EM

1965: (September 6-10) Hurricane Betsy causes $6.5 billion (1990 dollars) in damage in south Florida and Louisiana and 75 deaths. It measured 600 miles from one end to the other by the time it hit S. Florida—and caused flooding in Miami and Fort Lauderdale from a 6-foot storm surge. 1965—Congress calls for a study of floods: ................
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