<Table> Hurricane David <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS / NWS) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Hurricane David at peak intensity near landfall in Hispaniola on August 30 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Formed </Th> <Td> August 25, 1979 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissipated </Th> <Td> September 8, 1979 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> (Extratropical after September 6) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Highest winds </Th> <Td> 1 - minute sustained: 175 mph (280 km / h) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lowest pressure </Th> <Td> 924 mbar (hPa); 27.29 inHg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Fatalities </Th> <Td> 2,068 + direct </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Damage </Th> <Td> $1.54 billion (1979 USD) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Areas affected </Th> <Td> Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, The Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Canada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS / NWS) </Td> </Tr>

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