Editing Dauphin Island, Alabama (section)

== Hurricanes ==
Over the centuries, many hurricanes have struck the island. Some recent storms include:
* In 1969, [[Hurricane Camille]] flooded 70% of the island and was the worst storm to strike the area until [[Hurricane Frederic]].
* In 1979, [[Hurricane Frederic]] (September 12) destroyed the bridge to the mainland, which had been opened in 1955.
* In 1985, [[Hurricane Elena]] brought wind gusts of over {{cvt|130|mph|km/h}} to the island.
* In 1997, [[Hurricane Danny (1997)|Hurricane Danny]] caused extensive flooding on the east end of the island.
* In 1998, [[Hurricane Georges]] destroyed 41 houses on the island.
* In 2004, [[Hurricane Ivan]] caused nearly one-fourth of the island to be covered with approximately two feet of water.
* On August 29, 2005, [[Hurricane Katrina]] brought damage to parts of Dauphin Island. Some homes on the west end of the island were destroyed, and the Katrina Cut was formed as a channel splitting off the western part. However, most areas of the central and east end of the island experienced little flooding from the [[storm surge]]. The approach road to the island fared better than expected. The damage to most East End beachfront homes was limited to decks, stairs and storage buildings. In DeSoto Landing, a gated Gulf-front subdivision on Dauphin Island, the main homes had no water entering the homes unless a window or roof system failed; many avoided surge waters entirely. Damage was limited due to Sand Island (Pelican Island), a large sandbar south of DeSoto Landing which broke the force of battering waves. An oil drilling platform grounded near the island as the hurricane passed by. It was identified by its owners, Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., as the Ocean Warwick, pushed nearly {{convert|60|mi|km}} from its original location by the hurricane.
* On September 14, 2020, storm surge from offshore [[Hurricane Sally]] flooded the island.