Deadliest Hurricanes in History

 The Deadliest Hurricanes in the United States 1900-Present
(last modified May 31, 2007)
 
 
Rank
Hurricane
Year
Category
Deaths
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
13
15
15
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
32
32
35
36
36
38
38
40
40
40
43
44
45
45
47
48
48
50
51
51
51
TX (Galveston)
FL (SE/Lake Okeechobee)
KATRINA(SE LA/MS)
LA (Cheniere Caminanda)
SC/GA (Sea Islands)
GA/SC
AUDREY (SW LA/N TX)
FL (Keys)
LA (Last Island)
FL (Miami)/MS/AL/Pensacola
LA (Grand Isle)
FL (Keys)/S TX
LA (New Orleans)
TX (Galveston)
New England
CAMILLE (MS/SE LA/VA)
DIANE (NE U.S.)
GA, SC, NC
TX
SE FL
TX (Indianola)
MS/AL/Pensacola
FL, GA, SC
AGNES (FL/NE U.S.)
HAZEL (SC/NC)
BETSY (SE FL/SE LA)
Northeast U.S.
CAROL (NE U.S.)
FLOYD (Mid Atlantic & NE U.S.)
NC
SE FL/SE LA/MS
NC, SC
GA/SC/NC
DONNA (FL/Eastern U.S.)
LA
NC, VA
CARLA (N & Central TX)
TX (Velasco)
ALLISON (SE TX)
Mid-Atlantic
TX (Freeport)
S TX
HILDA (LA)
SW LA
SW FL
ALBERTO (NW FL, GA, AL)
SC, FL
New England
Texas
FRAN (NC)
LA
CONNIE (NC)
IVAN (NW FL, AL)
1900
1928
2005
1893
1893
1881
1957
1935
1856
1926
1909
1919
1915
1915
1938
1969
1955
1898
1875
1906
1886
1906
1896
1972
1954
1965
1944
1954
1999
1883
1947
1899
1940
1960
1860
1879
1961
1909
2001
1889
1932
1933
1964
1918
1910
1994
1893
1878
1886
1996
1926
1955
2004
4
4
3
4
3
2
4
5
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
5
1
4
3
3
4
2
3
1
4
3
3
3
2
2
4
3
2
4
2
3
4
3
TS
none
4
3
3
3
3
TS
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
8000
2500
1500
1100-1400
1000-2000
700
416
408
400
372
350
287
275
275
256
256
184
179
176
164
150
134
130
122
95
75
64
60
56
53
51
50
50
50
47
46
46
41
41
40
40
40
38
34
30
30
28
27
27
26
25
25
25
 
 
Source: NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS TPC-5: THE DEADLIEST, COSTLIEST, AND MOST INTENSE UNITED STATES TROPICAL CYCLONES FROM 1851 TO 2006 (AND OTHER FREQUENTLY REQUESTED HURRICANE FACTS)

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