<Tr> <Th> Areas affected </Th> <Td> Lesser Antilles, Northern Venezuela, Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, Yucatán, Northeastern Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the 1971 Atlantic hurricane season </Td> </Tr> <P> Hurricane Edith was the strongest hurricane to form during the 1971 Atlantic hurricane season and the southernmost landfalling Category 5 hurricane on record in the Atlantic until surpassed by Hurricane Felix of 2007 . Edith developed from a tropical wave on September 5 and quickly strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean Sea . Edith rapidly intensified on September 9 and made landfall on Cape Gracias a Dios as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir - Simpson Hurricane Scale . It quickly lost intensity over Central America and after briefly entering the Gulf of Honduras it crossed the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico . After moving across the Gulf of Mexico a trough turned the storm to the northeast and Edith, after having restrengthened while accelerating towards the coast, made landfall on Louisiana with winds of 105 mph (170 km / h) on September 16 . Edith steadily weakened over land and dissipated over Georgia on September 18 . </P> <P> The hurricane killed two people when it passed near Aruba . Striking northeastern Central America as a Category 5 hurricane, Edith destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least 35 people . In Texas high tides caused coastal flooding but little damage . Edith caused moderate to heavy damage in portions of Louisiana due to flooding and a tornado outbreak from the storm . One tornado, rated F3 on the Fujita Scale, damaged several homes and injured multiple people in Baton Rouge . The tornado outbreak extended eastward into Florida, of which a few destroyed entire buildings . Damage in the United States totaled US $25 million (1971 dollars, $148 million in 2016 dollars). </P>

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