Unix Timestamp: 1219881600
Thursday, August 28. 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Tropical Storm Gustav makes landfall on the island of Jamaica. The storm is responsible for at least 51 deaths in Haiti and 8 more in the Dominican Republic. //www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/08/28/gustav/index.html (CNN)

September 7 – Hurricane Hanna kills seven in the United States, and 529 in Haiti, mostly due to deluges and mudslides.