northward through the Gulf of Mexico on June 18, 1972….Tornado Tornadoes Severe Weather Storms Florida Everglades 1972 Hurricane Agnes Classic Super Footage Jim Leonard This is footage I shot of one of several tornadoes that developed over Florida as rainbands from Hurricane Agnes moved across the southern peninsula while the storm was moving northward through the Gulf of Mexico on June 18, 1972. (more)
A tropical wave strengthened into a depression on August 20, and was named Tropical Storm Cleo soon after. Cleo moved quickly to the west and strengthened into a Category 4 storm by the time it churned through the Lesser Antilles. The hurricane remained a Category 4 as it passed into the Caribbean, and moved just to the south of Hispaniola on August 24 – and then veered more to the north which brought a landfall on the tip of Haiti. The storm then turned to the north and weakened to a Cat 1 before it struck Cuba, but remained a hurricane the whole time over land. Cleo then brushed against Miami and the east coast of Florida as it weakened from a Category 2 hurricane to a tropical storm. Cleo killed a total of 217 people and caused serious property damage as it travelled through the Caribbean and into Florida, totaling $198 million (1964 dollars) in damage.
