re: Hurricane Camille made landfall in Mississippi on this day in 1969

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They have a historical plaque about Camille in Virginia. It even did of flooding damage that far away.

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Not just flooding damage, it killed 124 people. Camille dumped 27" of rain (likely over 30" in spots) over the course of around 10 hours. Catastrophic mudslides were widespread. The thing is, no one really expected that and it wasn't forecast:

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Late on Aug. 19, the remnant low crossed the Appalachians. The evening’s weather map appeared humble; the low had a couple of closed isobars and a central pressure of 1007 millibars, and the storm was clearly on the move. The Weather Bureau’s overnight forecast for central Virginia called for “showers, with clearing in the morning”.

No one, not even the Weather Bureau, seemed concerned. After all, who in Central Virginia would expect a record-smashing, tropical deluge from hurricane remnants approaching from the west, nearly three days after landfall?

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Virginia often gets lost in the shuffle with Camille talk. I think it is still Virginia's deadliest natural disaster. For the 50th anniversary WaPo had a good article on it:
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