This video shows the radar loop as Hurricane Camille approached the Mississippi coast on Aug. 17, 1969. Ukraine Defies Trump As Zelensky Unanimously Backed Edmunds: Five new vehicles arriving in ...

The most intense storm of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Camille slammed into Mississippi just before midnight on Aug. 17. The hurricane produced a peak storm surge of 24 feet and flattened ...

Hurricane Camille was one of just four Category 5 storms to make landfall on the US in recorded history. When it struck Mississippi on August 17, 1969, it had winds of 150 mph and pressure of 900 mb.

Yet, as unique as Helene seemed, Americans have seen something like it before. In 1969, Hurricane Camille dropped 27 inches of rain on Nelson County, Va., in just six hours.

Hurricane Camille was one of just four Category 5 storms to make landfall on the US in recorded history. When it struck Mississippi on August 17, 1969, it had winds of 150 mph and pressure of 900 mb.