Venice has had few direct hurricane hits, but severe weather has repeatedly damaged the city. The hurricane of 1926 led residents to evacuate to the San Marco Hotel, Nokomis School, and a steak house on East Venice Avenue while the storm demolished the Venice Area Chamber Building. In 1944, winds of 80 to 100 miles per hour damaged homes along Warfield Avenue and Groveland Avenue and heavily damaged the Venice Army Air Base. In 1960, Hurricane Donna brought torrential downpours and flooding that damaged the Venice Yacht Club, homes in East Gate Terrace, Venice Bay Mobile Home Park, and caused widespread power outages. Hurricane Alma in 1966, Tropical Storm Keith in 1998, and Hurricane Jeanne in 2004 brought high winds that damaged structures in the Venice Municipal Airport area and along the coast. Several unnamed storms also affected Venice; in the early 1950’s, high storm surge and 4.6 inches of rain created a new canal on Ocala Street 100 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 7 feet deep. In 1992, heavy rains and high wave action washed out a dune crossover, sections of the Venice Beach parking lot, and concrete stairways. In March 1993, high waves closed Tarpon Center Drive and The Esplanade while damaging condominiums along Tarpon Center Drive. Tornadoes have also struck the area: in 1985, a tornado cut a path from the Venice Fishing Pier to Jacaranda Plaza, damaging the old island wastewater plant at Brohard Park, the airport, and destroying at least 55 homes, and in April 2005, a tornado struck several East Venice Avenue businesses, the city water plant, and manufactured homes. The highest storm surge ever recorded in the city reached the intersection at Armada Road and West Venice Avenue.