Photos: Hurricane Dora blasted North Florida 50 years ago

  • By Daily Record Staff
  • | 12:00 p.m. September 10, 2014
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"Le Chateau," the famous Atlantic Beach restaurant, was among the many victims when the storm came ashore. Photo from State Library and Archives of Florida
"Le Chateau," the famous Atlantic Beach restaurant, was among the many victims when the storm came ashore. Photo from State Library and Archives of Florida
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Fifty years ago today, Hurricane Dora blasted through North Florida, ravaging homes along the coastline and bringing 6 feet of floodwater into Downtown Jacksonville.

The area received $8.2 million in federal disaster aid and $1.8 million to rebuild the 6-mile-long seawall.

 

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