[thackney]

This may be the strongest.

Hurricane Camille was a ferocious Category 5 hurricane when it hit Mississippi on August 17, 1969. Camille’s 190 mph sustained winds at landfall were the highest winds ever recorded for a U.S. landfalling hurricane.

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/surge_details.asp

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I was just thinking about hurricane Camille and the damage back then.