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3 unusual facts about 1970 Atlantic hurricane season


1970 Atlantic hurricane season

On August 23, Dorothy dissipated south of the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti.

Impact was severest in Cuba, where flash flooding caused seven fatalities, destroyed several homes, forced the evacuation of 3,000 people in Oriente Province, and resulted in a shutdown of 16 sugar mills.

In other states, impact was mostly in the form of rain, though a tornado near Columbia, South Carolina destroyed a roof.



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