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October 5[edit]
1851: The Yankee Gale came to an end after sinking 74 ships in three days, drowning 150 crew members.
1948: A hurricane made three landfalls in one day, passing over Havana, Cuba and Miami, Florida in the process.
1951: Hurricane How sunk the ship Southern Isle off the coast of the Eastern United States, killing 17 crew.
2020: A tropical depression rapidly intensified into Hurricane Delta over the northwestern Caribbean Sea, with a record increase in wind speed from 35 mph (56 km/h) to 130 mph (210 km/h) in just 24 hours.