Aftermath Of Hurricane San Felipe Segundo:
Hurricane San Felipe Segundo casued extreme damage in the south. Property damages over 300 million dollars in addition to the death of over 4,000 people. Thousands of people were left homeless and without power. This hurricane affected the islands in the south. This includes the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. The hurricane also affected most states in the Southeast and affected a good portion of the states in the Northeast.
Leeward Islands:
Hurricane San Felipe Segundo moved directly over Leeward Islands. On the Island of Donicima, wind gust were up to 24 miles per hour. There was no reports of dameges or fatalities. On the island of Martinique, there was a total of three fatalities. In Guadeloupe, they recieved a direct hit from the storm's path, recieving little warning, their death toll was 1,200 people with some reports of damage. On the island of Montserrat, just north of the hurricane's eye, they recieved a warning in advanced but still suffered 150,000 pounds in damages and 42 deaths. On the islands of Plymoth and Salem, they went through devastation with crop losses. This almost put them in starvation before help can arrive. On the islands of St.Kitts and St.Croix, they suffered heavy damages to property and crops but luckly there was no fatalities. On the island of Nevis, there was 3 fatalities reported.
Puerto Rico:
Puerto Rico recieved the worst of the strom's wind gust when the hurricane moved directly over Puerto Rico at a category 5. Fortunately, they knew of the strom's arrival about 36 hours in advanced. Since they prepared early enough, they had a low death toll of 312 people. Hurricane San Felipe Segundo was officialy classified as Puerto Rico's most biggest, worst ,and devastating hurricane to have ever impacted the island.
Southern Florida:
Costal damage in Florida was the most catastrophic. Miami, south of the landfall, escaped with very little damage. Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale suffered minimal damages. In Fort Lauderdale, many power lines and telephone wires were down. Northward, from Pompano Beach to Jupiter, buildings suffered many dameges due to the hurricane's winds and the 10-foot strom surge. In the Palm Beach County, damages from the hurricane totaled up to several million dollars. In West Palm Beach, more than 1,711 homes were destroyed but thanks to the issued hurricane warning, all resident were prepared for the storm and the death toll was only 26. St.Lucie County saw as much as 8 feet of rain and also a 10-foot storm surge in Jensen Beach. Inland, the hurricane wreaked much more widespread destruction along the populated coast of Okeechobee. When the worst of the storm crossed the lake, with winds measured up to 140 miles per hour, it cause a storm surge that overflowed a small dike that had been built at the south end of the lake. This resulted in a flood that covered hundreds of square miles with water that in some places was over 20 feet. Houses were floated off of their foundations and crashed into any obstacles they encountered. Most surviors and bodies were washed out into the everglades where they were never found. Floodwaters remained in the area for several weeks. Thousands of people were left homless and property damage was at $338 million dollars.
Elsewhere:
The storm caused flooding in North Carolina and brought near hurricane forced winds and a 7 foot storm surge to the Norfolk Area.
Mass Burial Site:
Besides from the destrction caused by Hurricane San Felipe Segundo, a mass burial site was constructed in West Palm Beach, Florida to honor those who died from the hurricane. On September 12, 2002, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.