the florida keys hurricane of 1919 was a strong hurricane in september 1919. it killed more than 770 people. it moved through the florida keys and southern texas. it was the first such storm to cause a lot of damage in corpus christi, texas. this storm did $22 million in damage. in texas alone, the official number of deaths was 286, but it may have been closer to 600. the winds were around category 3 level between brownsville and corpus christi. they were at category 4 levels over the florida keys.