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A Hurricane Called Betsy to watch the video please visit Public Access America https://youtu.be/I6S5_pUJZjM Hurricane Betsy, which is reported as one of the deadliest and costliest storms in United States history, began as a tropical disturbance photographed by the TIROS weather satellite on August 23, 1965. On 27 August, reconnaissance aircraft recorded a weak tropical depression about 560 kilometers (350 miles) east-southeast of Barbados (this was believed to be the same system). Later that day, the depression was named “Betsy”, and by the afternoon of 29 August, the storm had intensified into a hurricane, 200 miles north-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Over the next couple of days, the hurricane looped 440 kilometers (275 miles) north of Puerto Rico weakening to a tropical storm. Turning west, on 1 September, the storm regained hurricane status and drifted 560 kilometers (350 miles) east of Daytona Beach, Florida. At this point, the hurricane appeared to be heading toward the Carolinas. However, on 4