Hurricane Eloise

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Hurricane Eloise
Category 3 major hurricane ( SSHWS / NWS )
Hurricane Eloise in the Gulf of Mexico before striking Florida
Formed September 13, 1975
Dissipated September 24, 1975
Highest winds 1-minute sustained : 125 mph (205 km/h)
Lowest pressure 955 mbar ( hPa ); 28.2 inHg
Fatalities 80 direct
Damage $560 million (1975 USD )
Areas affected Lesser Antilles , Greater Antilles , Yucatan Peninsula , Florida , Eastern United States
Part of the 1975 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Eloise was a really destructive storm in September 1975 that struck Puerto Rico , Hispaniola and northwest Florida . She caused around 80 deaths and $560 million along her path. When Eloise struck Florida, winds were 125 mph, making the storm Category Three . The name Eloise was retired from Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone lists the following year.