Hurricane Hattie was the strongest and deadliest tropical cyclone of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season , reaching Arriving a peak intensity equivalent to that of a Category5 hurricane Catastrophe .

The ninth tropical storm and seventh hurricane Catastrophe and major hurricane Catastrophe of the season , Hattie originated Coming_to_be from an area of low pressure that strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a tropical storm over the southwestern Caribbean Sea on October 27 .

Hattie then turned Motion westward west of Jamaica and strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a Category5 hurricane Catastrophe , with maximum sustained winds of .

Hattie first affected Influence the southwestern Caribbean , where it produced Causation hurricane-force winds and caused Causation one death on San Andres Island .

While turning Motion west , Hattie dropped Motion_directional heavy rainfall of up to on Grand Cayman .

Overall , Hattie caused Causation about $ 60 million in losses and 307 deaths in the territory .

Elsewhere in Central America , Hattie killed Killing 11 people in Guatemala and one in Honduras .