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Deadliest U.S. Hurricanes

National Hurricane Center Publication: The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492 - Present

	The 30 Deadliest Tropical Cyclones for the U.S. Mainland

Rank:	Name:	Year:	Category:	Deaths:
1.	Great Galveston Hurricane (TX)	1900	4	8000
2.	FL (Lake Okeechobee)	1928	4	2500
3.	Katrina (LA/MS/FL/GA/AL)	2005	3	1833
4.	Cheniere Caminanda (LA)	1893	4	1100-1400
5.	Sea Islands (SC/GA)	1893	3	1000-2000
6.	GA/SC	1881	2	700
7.	Great Labor Day Hurricane (FL Keys)	1935	5	408
7.	Last Island (LA)	1856	4	400
9.	Audrey (SW LA/N TX)	1957	4	390
10.	LA (Grand Isle)	1909	4	350
11.	Miami Hurricane (FL/MS/AL/Pensacola)	1926	4	372
12.	FL (Keys)/S. TX	1919	4	287^#
13..	LA (New Orleans)	1915	4	275
13.	TX (Galveston)	1915	4	275
15.	Camille (MS/LA)	1969	5	256
15..	New England	1938	3^*	256
17.	Diane (NE U.S.)	1955	1	184
18.	GA, SC, NC	1898	4	179
19.	TX	1875	3	176
20.	SE FL	1906	2	164
21.	Indianola (TX)	1886	4	150
22.	MS/AL/Pensacola	1906	3	134
23.	FL, GA, SC	1896	3	130
24.	Agnes (NE U.S.)	1972	1	122
25.	Hazel (SC/NC)	1954	4^*	95
26.	Betsy (SE FL/SE LA)	1965	3	75
27.	NE U.S.	1944	3^*	64^@
28.	Carol (NE U.S.)	1954	3^*	60
29.	Floyd (NC)	1999	4	56
30.	NC	1883	2	53
31..	SE FL/LA/MS	1947	4	51
32.	GA/SC/NC	1940	2	50
32.	Donna (FL/Eastern U.S.)	1960	4	50
ADDENDUM (Not U.S. Mainland Atlantic Coast):
9.	San Felipe (Puerto Rico)	1928	4	312
13.	U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico	1932	2	225
17.	Donna (St. Thomas, VI)	1960	4	107
24.	Southern California	1939	TS^&	45
24..	Eloise (Puerto Rico)	1975	TS^&	44

^# - Over 500 of these lost on ships at sea; 600-900 estimated deaths.

^* - Moving more than 30 miles an hour.

^@ - Some 344 of these lost on ships at sea.

^& - Only of Tropical Storm intensity.

This is taken from The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States Tropical Cyclones From 1851 to 2004, updated in August, 2005.

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