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September 1

1962: Typhoon Wanda struck Hong Kong, killing 434 people.

September 2

1935: The Labor Day Hurricane, the strongest hurricane ever to strike the United States, passed over the Florida Keys, killing as many as 600 people.

September 3

1969: Hurricane Francelia made landfall near Punta Gorda, Belize (then British Honduras). Severe flooding and landslides over the next several days would killed 271 people in Guatemala and El Salvador.

September 4

1933: The strongest hurricane to strike the United States during the hyperactive 1933 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall near Jupiter, Florida.

September 5

1978: Hurricane Norman made landfall in southern California as a weak tropical depression, one of only a few tropical cyclones on record to do so. The storm's remnants would produce a rare late-summer snowfall in the Sierra Nevada mountains that killed 4 hikers.

September 6

2017: Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Virgin Islands at peak intensity, with sustained winds of up to 180 miles per hour (290 km/h), killing several people and causing catastrophic damage.

September 7

1804: A hurricane struck Georgia and South Carolina in the Southeastern United States, killing more than 500 people.

September 8

1988: After months of drought and days of high winds, Yellowstone National Park was closed to all non-emergency personnel due to the proximity of intense wildfires.

September 9

1821: One of the first known tornado outbreaks struck New England, killing at least 8 people in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

September 10

1994: Hurricane John became extratropical, ending its 31-day existence as a tropical cyclone, the longest in history.

September 11

1944: The Somers-class destroyer USS Warrington was sunk by a storm dubbed The Great Atlantic Hurricane off the coast of The Bahamas. Of the 321 officers and crew aboard, only 73 were rescued.

September 12

1992: Hurricane Iniki devastated the island of Kauai, causing more than $2 billion (2006 USD) in damage.

September 13

1944: The Somers-class destroyer USS Warrington was sunk by a storm dubbed The Great Atlantic Hurricane off the coast of The Bahamas. Of the 321 officers and crew aboard, only 73 were rescued.

September 14

1876: The San Felipe hurricane hit Puerto Rico, killing at least 19 people on the island, though the number may have been higher than reported.

September 15

1993: Hurricane Gert (at the time only a weak tropical storm) made landfall in northern Nicaragua. The storm would slowly move across Honduras, Belize, and Mexico over the next several days, dumping rain that led to widespread flooding that killed more than 100 people across Central America.

September 16

1903: President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt was caught aboard his yacht in a hurricane, but made it to shore safely. Dozens of other boats in the area were sunk.

September 17

2001: Typhoon Nari brought up to 800 millimetres (31 in) of rain in a single day to parts of Taiwan, causing major flooding which killed more than 100 people.

September 18

1852: Clement Lindley Wragge, a meteorologist who pioneered the concept of giving names to tropical cyclones, was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England.

September 19

2012: Hurricane Nadine, one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones on record in the Atlantic Ocean, passed about 150 miles (240 km) south-southwest of Flores Island, Azores. Despite maintaining tropical storm strength or greater for 21 days, this was the storm's closest approach to land, and no damage or injuries were reported.

September 20

2017: Hurricane Maria, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, made landfall on Puerto Rico near its peak intensity, killing 64 people directly and causing catastrophic damage that left the entire island without power. This lack of power would eventually lead to 3,000 more deaths in the coming months.

September 21

1938: The "Long Island Express", a Category 3 hurricane, crossed over Long Island and passed into New England without warning, causing severe damage and killing as many as 800 people.

September 22

1980: Tropical Storm Hermine made landfall near Belize City, with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (110 km/h).

September 23

1815: One of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever to strike New England came ashore along the coast of Long Island, causing major damage across several states and killing 38 people.

September 24

1929: A major hurricane began to move through the northern Bahamas, causing major damage and killing 48 people in the country.

September 25

1933: A major hurricane made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula near Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, killing more than 180 people

September 26

1958: Typhoon Ida made landfall in southeastern Honshu, Japan, killing more than 1,000 people.

September 27

1888: A network of weather observing stations was established in Serbia, with the First Serbian Observatory as the main meteorological center that would eventually be come the Republic Hydrometeorological Institute of Serbia.

September 28

1917: A major hurricane made landfall near Fort Walton Beach, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 km/h)). This was the strongest hurricane to impact the Florida Panhandle until Hurricane Opal almost 80 years later.

September 29

1917: A major hurricane struck the northern Gulf Coast of the United States, though only 10 people were killed due to warnings well in advance of the storm.

September 30

1966: Hurricane Inez, which killed nearly 1000 people across several Caribbean islands, made landfall at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.