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Hurricane Camille
Hurricane Camille
was the third and strongest tropical cyclone and second hurricane during the
1969 Atlantic hurricane season
. It was the second of three catastrophic
Category 5
hurricanes to make
landfall
in the United States during the 20th century (the others being
1935
's
Labor Day hurricane
and
1992
's
Hurricane Andrew
), which it did near the mouth of the
Mississippi River
on the night of August 17. Camille was the second strongest U.S. landfalling hurricane in recorded history in terms of
atmospheric pressure
, second only to the
Labor Day Hurricane in 1935
.
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