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Hurricane History
The Mississipi Gulf Coast has had its fair share of hurricane activity over the years. Some have been mild while others have been catastophic. Below is a list of Hurricanes of the Mississippi Gulf Coast from 1717 until 1998. Those storms marked with an asterisk (*) struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast with less than hurricane force.

Date Landfall Name Category
August 1717 Dauphin Island Andre Penicaut's Storm  
September 23-24, 1722 West of Grand Isle    
September 22, 1740
September 29, 1740		 Dauphin Island
East of Mobile Bay		 Twin Mobile Hurricanes of 1940  
Fall 1746 Southeast Louisiana    
September 3, 1772 Pascagoula Area Bernard Roman's Hurricane  
October 7-10, 1778 Mouth of Mississippi thence Pensacola    
August 17-18, 1779 East Louisiana (Eye over New Orleans) William Dunbar's Hurricane  
August 24, 1780 New Orleans area    
August 1794 Mouth of Mississippi    
August 19, 1812 Grand Isle    
July 27-28, 1819 Eye passed over Bay St. Louis    
September 16, 1821 Eye passed over Bay St. Louis    
August 16-19, 1831 West of Grand Isle Great Barbados Hurricane  
August 24-25, 1852 Between Pascagoula and Mobile Great Mobile Hurricane  
September 15-16, 1855 Eye passed over Bay St. Louis    
*August 11, 1856 South Louisiana Last Island Disaster  
August 10-12, 1860 Between Biloxi and Pascagoula    
September 14-15, 1860 Eye passed over Bay St. Louis    
October 2, 1860 West of Grand Isle    
October 1-2, 1893 Mouth of Mississippi thence Pascagoula October Storm 3
August 15, 1901 Eye passed over Pascagoula   2
September 26-27, 1906 Eye passed over Pascagoula   4
September 20-21 Grand Isle   4
September 29, 1915 Grand Isle (eye over New Orleans)   4
July 5, 1916 Between Ocean Springs and Pascagoula July Storm 3
*September 20-21, 1926 Miami thence Pensacola westward   3
September 18-19, 1947 Miami thence southeast Louisiana
(eye over New Orleans)		   3
*September 3-4, 1948 Grand Isle   3
*September 24, 1956 Mouth of Mississippi thence Fort Walton Beach Flossy 1
*September 15, 1960 Between Biloxi and Pascagoula Ethel 1
September 9-10, 1965 Miami thence Grand Isle
(eye over New Orleans)		 Betsy 3
August 17, 1969 Mouth of Mississippi then MS Coast Camille 5
*July 11, 1979 Grand Isle Bob 1
September 12, 1979 Eye over Pascagoula Frederic 3
*August 14, 1985 Southwest Louisiana Danny 1
September 1-2, 1985 Pascagoula westward Elena 3
*October 29, 1985 South Louisiana thence Al/Fl line Juan 1
*November 21, 1985 Florida Panhandle Kate 3
October 28, 1998 Biloxi Georges 2
Source: Hurricanes Of The Mississippi Gulf Coast By Charles L. Sullivan, Gulf Publishing Co., Inc.
Hurricane Camille - August 17, 1969

The Storm
The second of only two Category 5 hurricanes to strike the U.S. coast in recorded history, Camille originated as a tropical disturbance off the coast of Africa in early August 1969. At 10:30 p.m. on August 17th, Camille made landfall at the Mouth of the Mississippi River and moved in an eastward direction to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Sustained winds were in excess of 200 miles per hour with a 20+ foot storm surge.

The Aftermath
The human cost from Camille was only the beginning, as the storm caused more than $1.4 billion in damage (1969 dollars). The storm wrecked most of its havoc in the state of Mississippi, which suffered nearly $ 1 Billion in damage. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimated its relief package for areas struck by Hurricane Camille at just below $100 Million, which ranks Camille in the Top Ten costliest hurricanes to the agency.
http://zephyr.unl.edu/~kauffman/Camille.htm
 
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