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1917 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1917 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It officially began on June 1, 1917 and ended on November 30, 1917.
1917 wasn’t an active season. Only three tropical cyclones formed that year. Two of them were hurricanes; the other was a tropical storm that stayed out to sea. The first hurricane stayed largely out to sea. It passed about a dozen miles off Bermuda but did little else. The second hurricane was the most destructive. It kept close to the islands of the Greater Antilles, passing over Cuba as a Category 3. After moving into the Gulf of Mexico, it swerved northeast toward the Florida Panhandle. It hit near Fort Walton Beach as a Category 2 and dissipated inland. The hurricane killed five people and caused $170,000 in damage in the US.
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