1812 Louisiana hurricane

It was the worst storm of the early history of New Orleans and was very likely the hurricane which made the closest landfall known to affect the city.As a result, the storm's track was uncertain, although it is believed that the system entered the Gulf of Mexico by August 18; that day, a ship reported hurricane-force winds.Heavy rainfall was reported in eastern Ohio beginning on August 21, potentially from the remnants of the storm merging with a cold front.[2] As the storm moved ashore in Louisiana, outer rain bands produced gale-force winds and heavy damage at Pensacola, in Spanish West Florida.At Cat Island offshore of Bay St. Louis (claimed from Spain in the same year, as part of the Mississippi Territory), strong winds washed several boats ashore.[5] The USS Louisiana, a cutter commissioned in 1804, was wrecked during the hurricane while at port in New Orleans, and the entire crew except for the captain was killed.[2] In the two centuries since the hurricane, the oceans rose about 0.5 ft (0.15 m), the wetlands around New Orleans have diminished, and the elevation has dropped due to subsidence.
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