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Hurricane hunters spotted Camille soon after it was spawned as a mere tropical storm off the coast of West Africa. They traced it by plane, radar, and satellite television as it picked up steam, swirling across the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Gulf Coast received 12 hours warning. The 1900 a hurricane slammed into Galveston, Texas, with little notice, taking 6,000 lives.
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