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Wikipedia: Hurricane Betsy was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1965 Atlantic hurricane season which caused enormous damage in the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana. Betsy made its most intense landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River, causing significant flooding of the waters of Lake Pontchartrain into New Orleans. As it was mistakenly known as the first hurricane to cause over a billion dollars in damage (1965 dollars, not adjusted for inflation), it earned the nickname "Billion-Dollar Betsy".
![[Aerial view of flooding in New Orleans.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/HurricaneBetsyFloodingAirForceONE_s.jpg "Aerial view of flooding in New Orleans.")
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![[A view from the interior of Hurricane Betsy's eye, taken by Hurricane Hunters near the Bahamas, prior to its...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hurricane_Betsy_eye_s.jpg "A view from the interior of Hurricane Betsy's eye, taken by Hurricane Hunters near the Bahamas, prior to its...")
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![[A picture of Hurricane Betsy]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hurricane_Betsy_s.jpg "A picture of Hurricane Betsy")
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