A look back: The 1928 hurricane was the deadliest to hit Palm Beach County, 2nd worst in U.S. history

Palm Beach County suffered the second deadliest hurricane in U.S. history when on Sept. 16, 1928 it brought 150 mph wind and water walls as high as 20 feet around Lake Okeechobee.

As many as 3,000 people died. The Galveston, Texas hurricane of 1900 counted 8,000 to 12,000 who lost their lives.

The storm also had the second lowest barometric pressure in history — 27.4 — taken in West Palm Beach as the eye passed…

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