1928 Okeechobee hurricane
1928 – September 21, 1928
A Category 5 hurricane struck Puerto Rico and southern Florida. Lake Okeechobee floodwaters killed about 2,500 people in Florida, most of them Black farm workers.
1928 Okeechobee hurricane1928 – September 21, 1928
A Category 5 hurricane struck Puerto Rico and southern Florida. Lake Okeechobee floodwaters killed about 2,500 people in Florida, most of them Black farm workers.