Photos: The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane

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In this undated photo made available by the Keys History & Discovery Center, shows a derailed train and surrounding devastation caused by a Labor Day hurricane in 1935. The hurricane is still the most powerful to strike the U.S. More than two dozen hurricanes have made landfall in the U.S. over the same holiday weekend since 1851. Hurricane Dorian is expected near the Florida coast this weekend. (Keys History & Discovery Center via AP)

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FILE - In this Sept. 15, 1935, file photo, fallen trees scatter Long Key, Fla., after a hurricane. The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, which hit the Florida Keys, was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States, based on barometric pressure. (AP Photo/File)

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In this undated photo made available by the Keys History & Discovery Center, shows a hotel destroyed by the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. Florida is bracing for Hurricane Dorian, a powerful hurricane, that could strike anywhere along the east coast of the Peninsula. (Keys History & Discovery Center via AP)

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FILE - This September 1935 file photo shows the wreckage of a passenger train that was derailed by a Labor Day hurricane in the Florida Keys. The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, which hit the Florida Keys, was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States, based on barometric pressure. (AP Photo/File)

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