Sept. 15, 1964 - Hurricane Dora was the first tropical cyclone on record to make landfall over the Atlantic coast of North Florida at hurricane intensity.
Early on Sept. 10, the hurricane made landfall near St. Augustine, Fla., with winds of 110 mph. Dora quickly weakened to tropical storm intensity over land on Sept. 11 and then briefly drifted over southwestern Georgia until turning northewastward later the next day.
In Florida, three deaths and at least $230 million in damage occurred. Georgia reported one death and at least $9 million in damage. One death also occurred in Virginia.
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