The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.

1928 Okeechobee hurricane

Category 5 Atlantic hurricane

The Okeechobee hurricane of 1928, also known as the San Felipe Segundo hurricane and Florida's Forgotten Storm, was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the recorded history of the North Atlantic basin, and the fourth deadliest hurricane in the United States, only behind the 1900…