Significant Occurrence

In recent years, the deadliest hurricane was Hurricane Mitch of 1998, with at least 11,374 deaths attributed to it. On 24 October, the storm developed into a hurricane 469 km (293 mi) south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica. Another deadly hurricane was the Great Hurricane of 1780, which resulted in 22,000–27,501 fatalities. More than 20,000 people were killed as the storm swept through the eastern Caribbean Sea,