"The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1929"

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The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1929: The "Three-Day Storm"

The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1929, also known as the "Great Andros Island Hurricane," remains one of the most significant and devastating meteorological events in the history of the Lucayan Archipelago. Striking during a period when the colony was already grappling with economic shifts and the early tremors of the Great Depression, the storm was a catastrophic event that claimed over 140 lives and fundamentally altered the Bahamian landscape.