The 1932 Cuba Hurricane

Ranked No 17 in the world's worst hurricanes, you don’t often hear of the 1932 Cuba Hurricane in hurricane news. The hurricane damage dealt in the US was relatively minor, and the damage done is estimated at only forty million, which is dwarfed by the billions of dollars in hurricane damage wrecked by Hurricane Katrina.

However, the 1932 Cuba Hurricane was one of the deadliest hurricanes of the 20th century, and certainly the most powerful and devastating of the 1932 Atlantic hurricane season, drawing further attention to the importance of hurricane preparedness. The 1932 Cuba Hurricane - Read Full Story