What is Hurricane Cleo?
'''Hurricane Cleo''' was an intense [[tropical cyclone|hurricane]] that happened in late August-early September 1964. The highest winds speeds were measured at 140 miles per hour on 23 August.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1964.pdf |title= The Hurricane Season of 1964 |author=Gordon E. Dunn & Staff|date= |website= |publisher= U.S. Weather Bureau |accessdate=15 February 2014|page=179}}</ref> The storm went across [[Guadeloupe]] and [[Hispaniola]], killing 214. It later struck from southeastern [[Florida]] to [[Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Gordon E. Dunn & Staff|date=|title=The Hurricane Season of 1964|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1964.pdf|website=|publisher=U.S. Weather Bureau|accessdate=15 February 2014}}</ref> Overall damage was just over $198 million in 1964 USD. Due to high death count and severe damage, the name '''Cleo''' was retired in the spring of 1965.<ref>''Hurricanes: Background, History and Bibliography'', ed. Paul V. Kislow (New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2008), p. 28</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Retired Atlantic hurricanes}} {{weather-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cleo}} [[Category:1964 in the United States]] [[Category:Guadeloupe]] [[Category:Hurricanes in the United States]] [[Category:1960s in weather]] [[Category:Retired tropical cyclone names]]