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The Greatest and Deadliest Hurricanes to Impact The Bahamas

The Greatest and Deadliest Hurricanes to Impact The Bahamas

The Greatest and Deadliest Hurricanes to Impact The Bahamas

Wayne Neely

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URLink Print & Media, LLC
Año de edición:
2019
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Ciencias de la tierra/geociencias
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9781647531218
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The Bahamas is ideally located directly in the path of hurricanes in the North Atlantic. These massive tropical cyclones have been ravaging the Bahamas since the Lucayan Indians blessed these islands with their presence. Now for the very first time, these greatest and deadliest Bahamian hurricanes have been presented and documented in book-form. Such named storms include Hurricanes Andrew, Floyd, Donna, David, Matthew, Betsy, Frances, Jeanne, and Wilma.

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