The 1917 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1917. It was an inactive season. Only four tropical cyclones formed this season. Two of them were hurricanes; the other was a tropical storm that stayed out to sea. The first Atlantic hurricane stayed largely out to sea. It passed about a dozen miles off Bermuda but did little else. The second hurricane was the most destructive. It kept close to the islands of the Greater Antilles, passing over Cuba as a strong Category 4 hurricane. After moving into the Gulf of Mexico, it swerved northeast toward the Florida Panhandle. It hit near Fort Walton Beach as a Category 3 hurricane and dissipated inland. The hurricane killed five people and caused $170,000 in damage in the United States.
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