Top Ten Deadliest Hurricanes
10) 1915 - Galveston Texas - Death Toll: 275 - A Category 4 strike on the Gulf of Mexico coast in the same year: Galveston had constructed a seawall after the devastation of the 1900 hurricane. Still, 275 people died when the 1915 storm hit
9) 1915 - New Orleans, LA - Death toll: 275 - This second Category 4 storm caused Lake Pontchartrain to overflow its banks, killing 275 people. That scenario is one that hurricane experts don't like to ponder because if the city, surrounded on three sides by water, is hit by a major hurricane, the storm surge might inundate the city
8) September 1909 - Louisiana - Death toll: At least 350 - The Grand Isle Hurricane came ashore on September 20, 1909, at Berwick before passing inland between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The Category 4 storm caused $6 million of damage and its 15-foot storm surge inundated much of southern Louisiana.
7) September 1944 - Northeastern United States - Death toll: 394 - The Category 3 "Great Atlantic Hurricane" slowly moved up the East Coast and brushed Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, before bringing 90 mph gusts to downtown Norfolk, Virginia, on September 14, 1944. It then dumped heavy rains on the Northeast. More than 300 of the deaths were people lost at sea.
6) June 1957 - Southwest Louisiana, Northeast Texas - Death toll: 390 - The Category 4 storm hit during the night of June 26, 1957, flooding the low-lying areas of coastal Louisiana. Many of its victims thought they had a day left to leave the area, but the storm accelerated. A 12-foot storm surge moved water as far as 25 miles inland.
5) September 1935 - Florida Keys - Death toll: 423 - The "Great Labor Day" storm was the most intense Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States. Its winds were strong enough to derail a train sent to rescue World War I veterans who had been working on a government building project in the Keys.
4) September 1938 - New England - Death toll: At least 600 - The Category 3 storm struck Long Island on September 21, 1938, at high tide and brought hurricane-force winds all across New England. Rainfall from this hurricane resulted in severe river flooding across sections of New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. More than 8,000 homes were destroyed, mostly by a storm surge of 12 to 16 feet, and some 6,000 boats wrecked or damaged.
3) September 1919 - Florida Keys and Corpus Christi, Texas - Death toll: 600 to 900 - This Category 4 storm went over the Keys, crossed the Gulf of Mexico and hit Corpus Christi, Texas. Many of the victims were aboard ships at sea. Bob Simpson, co-developer of the Saffir-Simpson scale used to measure hurricane strength, was forced to flee the storm as a teen in Corpus Christi.
2) September 1928 - Lake Okeechobee, Florida - Death toll: 1,836 - This Category 4 hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico, and residents of Florida had little warning before the powerful storm slammed into the Lake Okeechobee area near Palm Beach. The storm breached a levee around the lake -- and most of the storm victims drowned.
1) September 1900 - Galveston, Texas - Death toll: 8,000-12,000 estimated - The deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, the Galveston hurricane of 1900 is estimated to have killed between 8,000 and 12,000 people. The Category 4 hurricane struck on September 8, 1900, leveling 12 city blocks, nearly three-quarters of the island city of Galveston, Texas. A Galveston, Texas, forecaster had dismissed as absurd the notion that a hurricane could devastate the island city. Then along came the storm that would turn into the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. The forecaster, Isaac Cline, later described the storm's aftermath as "one of the most horrible sights that ever a civilized people looked upon."
9) 1915 - New Orleans, LA - Death toll: 275 - This second Category 4 storm caused Lake Pontchartrain to overflow its banks, killing 275 people. That scenario is one that hurricane experts don't like to ponder because if the city, surrounded on three sides by water, is hit by a major hurricane, the storm surge might inundate the city
8) September 1909 - Louisiana - Death toll: At least 350 - The Grand Isle Hurricane came ashore on September 20, 1909, at Berwick before passing inland between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The Category 4 storm caused $6 million of damage and its 15-foot storm surge inundated much of southern Louisiana.
7) September 1944 - Northeastern United States - Death toll: 394 - The Category 3 "Great Atlantic Hurricane" slowly moved up the East Coast and brushed Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, before bringing 90 mph gusts to downtown Norfolk, Virginia, on September 14, 1944. It then dumped heavy rains on the Northeast. More than 300 of the deaths were people lost at sea.
6) June 1957 - Southwest Louisiana, Northeast Texas - Death toll: 390 - The Category 4 storm hit during the night of June 26, 1957, flooding the low-lying areas of coastal Louisiana. Many of its victims thought they had a day left to leave the area, but the storm accelerated. A 12-foot storm surge moved water as far as 25 miles inland.
5) September 1935 - Florida Keys - Death toll: 423 - The "Great Labor Day" storm was the most intense Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States. Its winds were strong enough to derail a train sent to rescue World War I veterans who had been working on a government building project in the Keys.
4) September 1938 - New England - Death toll: At least 600 - The Category 3 storm struck Long Island on September 21, 1938, at high tide and brought hurricane-force winds all across New England. Rainfall from this hurricane resulted in severe river flooding across sections of New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. More than 8,000 homes were destroyed, mostly by a storm surge of 12 to 16 feet, and some 6,000 boats wrecked or damaged.
3) September 1919 - Florida Keys and Corpus Christi, Texas - Death toll: 600 to 900 - This Category 4 storm went over the Keys, crossed the Gulf of Mexico and hit Corpus Christi, Texas. Many of the victims were aboard ships at sea. Bob Simpson, co-developer of the Saffir-Simpson scale used to measure hurricane strength, was forced to flee the storm as a teen in Corpus Christi.
2) September 1928 - Lake Okeechobee, Florida - Death toll: 1,836 - This Category 4 hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico, and residents of Florida had little warning before the powerful storm slammed into the Lake Okeechobee area near Palm Beach. The storm breached a levee around the lake -- and most of the storm victims drowned.
1) September 1900 - Galveston, Texas - Death toll: 8,000-12,000 estimated - The deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, the Galveston hurricane of 1900 is estimated to have killed between 8,000 and 12,000 people. The Category 4 hurricane struck on September 8, 1900, leveling 12 city blocks, nearly three-quarters of the island city of Galveston, Texas. A Galveston, Texas, forecaster had dismissed as absurd the notion that a hurricane could devastate the island city. Then along came the storm that would turn into the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. The forecaster, Isaac Cline, later described the storm's aftermath as "one of the most horrible sights that ever a civilized people looked upon."
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