BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Lt. Col. Sean Cross is an evaluator pilot for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base. As a Hurricane Hunter, he flies straight into some of the ...
One of the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall also became one of Virginia’s worst natural disasters. Hurricane Camille made landfall along the Gulf Coast on Aug. 17, 1969, as a powerful ...
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - In the late evening of August 17, 1969, Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast. It was a category 5 hurricane, with sustained winds of 175 miles per hour. The storm surge was more ...