What is Hurricane Edith (1971)?
[[File:Edith 1971 track.png|thumb|300px|Hurrican Edith's track.]] '''Hurricane Edith''' of 1971 was a Category Five hurricane. Edith developed from a tropical disturbance on Sunday, September 5 and rapidly strengthened into a [[tropical cyclone|hurricane]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. She began strengthening on Thursday, September 9 and then made her first landfall as a 160 mph Category Five storm over northern [[Central America]]. She later made landfall in western [[Louisiana]] on Thursday, September 16 with winds near 105 miles per hour, triggering a tornado outbreak in the Gulf States area. No deaths were reported in the United States, although thirty five lives were taken elsewhere. == References == {{reflist}} {{weather-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Edith}} [[Category:1971]] [[Category:Hurricanes in the United States]] [[Category:Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes]] [[Category:1970s in weather]]