The 31 Deadliest Atlantic Hurricanes
Rank | Name/Areas of Largest Loss | Dates | Deaths |
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1. | Great Hurricane (Martinique, Barbados, St. Eustatius) | 10-16 Oct. 1780 | 22,000 |
2. | Great Galveston Hurricane | 8 Sept. 1900 | 8,000-12,000 |
3. | Mitch (Honduras, Nicaragua) | 22 Oct. - 5 Nov. 1998 | 9,086 |
4. | Fifi (Honduras) | 14-19 Sept. 1974 | 8,000-10,000 |
5. | Dominican Republic | 1-6 Sept. 1930 | 8,000 |
6. | Flora (Haiti, Cuba) | 30 Sept. - 8 Oct. 1963 | 8,000 |
7. | Pointe-a-Pitre Bay, Guatemala | 6 Sept. 1776 | 6,000 |
8. | Newfoundland Banks | 9-12 Sept. 1775 | 4,000 |
9. | San Ciriaco (Puerto Rico, Carolinas) | 8-19 Aug. 1899 | 3,433 |
10. | Lake Okeechobee (FL, PR, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Turks) | 12-17 Sept. 1928 | 3,411 |
11. | Cuba, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Jamaica | 4-10 Nov. 1932 | 3,107 |
12. | Jeanne (Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Florida) | 13-29 Sept. 2004 | 3,000 |
13. | Central Atlantic | 16-17 Sept. 1782 | 3,000 |
14. | Martinique | Aug. 1813 | 3,000 |
15. | El Salvador, Honduras | 4-8 June 1934 | 3,000 |
16. | Western Cuba | 21-22 June 1791 | 3,000 |
17. | Barbados | 10-11 Aug. 1831 | 2,500 |
18. | Belize | 6-10 Sept. 1931 | 2,500 |
19. | Yankee (Haiti, Honduras, offshore Jamaica) | 19-25 Oct. 1935 | 2,150 |
20. | David (Dominican Republic, Dominica, U.S.) | 29 Aug. - 5 Sept. 1979 | 2,068 |
21. | Offshore Florida | 1781 | 2,000 |
22. | Sea Islands (South Carolina, Georgia) | 27-28 Aug. 1893 | 2,000-2,500 |
23. | Eastern Gulf of Mexico | 17-21 Oct. 1780 | 2,000 |
24. | Cuba | 7-8 Oct. 1870 | 2,000 |
25. | Chenier Caminanda (Louisiana) | 1-2 Oct. 1893 | 2,000 |
26. | Guadeloupe, Martinique | 14-15 Aug. 1666 | 2,000 |
27. | Katrina (Louisiana, Mississippi) | 23-31 Aug. 2005 | 1,833 |
28. | Martinique | Aug. 1767 | 1,600 |
29. | Mexico | 28 Aug. 1909 | 1,500 |
30. | Western Cuba, Straits of Florida | Oct. 1644 | 1,500 |
31. | Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico | 26 July 1825 | 1,300 |
U.S. National Hurricane Center publication: The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492 - 1997