TheTop10HurricanesInU S History ByAllguysfrom630 10 GalvestonHurricane Texas 1915 275dead 11GalvestonCitizensPlace Galveston inthelineoffireforAtlantichurricanes The1900hurricane 15yearsagoMeasures SeawallResults avoidedthehighdeathtollwiththenewlybuiltseawall 9 AtlanticGulfHurricane FloridaandGulfCoast 1919 287deadCategory 4Influence rippedthroughtheFloridaKeys hittheFloridaStraitsandtheGulfofMexico Falserumors suggestingthatthestormhadmovednorthcaughtTexasresidentsoffguard somanywereunpreparedwhenthestormmadelandfall Toll theofficiallyrecordednumberofvictimsis287 believedthatthetruedeathtollwasmuchhigher asanestimated500additionalpeoplewerelostatsea 8 TheGrandIsleHurricane NewOrleans 1909 350deadcausedmajorfloodingthroughoutNewOrleans similartoHurricaneKatrina aidfromthegovernmentwasslowtoarriveinthemoredevastatedareasuntilnewsreportsbegantofocusonthehundredsofsurvivorslefthomelessandindireneedofbasicnecessities 7 TheGreatMiamiHurricane Florida 1926 373deadaworsetimeforFlorida Duringthe1920s thestatewasgoingthroughitsfirstrealestatebubble asdeveloperspursuedambitiousandriskyprojectslikefloatinghotelsandman madeislands thefinalpushthatbroughtFloridaintotheGreatDepression Officialdeathtollsarefuzzybecauseofthelargetransientpopulationandnewlyunaccounted forresidents 6 HurricaneAudrey TexasandLouisiana 1957 416deadStartasatropicaldepressionintheGulfCoast thenmadelandfallontheTexas LouisianaborderandpushednortheastacrosstheTennesseeborder Audreyvictimshadnowarning asnewsreportshadadvisedresidentsthatthestormwouldnotmakelandfallforfourdays butthatverynight Audreystruckthesoutherncoast 5 TheGreatLaborDayStorm Florida 1935 400to600deadOneofonlythreeCategory5hurricanesevertohittheU Scausedextremedamageasitdeliveredswellsof18to20ft 5 5to6m throughouttheFloridaKeys Mostofthedeaths theFloridaOverseasRailroad anevacuationtrainthatwassentdownfromthemainlandtorescuestrandedresidentsandworkers whichwaswashedrightoffthetracksandsweptouttosea 408peoplediedinthatsingleincident 4 TheLongIslandExpress NewYorkandNewEngland 1938 Approximately700deadNamedafteritsdestructivepaththroughLongIslandIthadbeenseveraldecadessinceahurricaneofanysignificancehadhitthenortheast andthestormcametoosuddenlyformostresidentstoprepare Windsweresostrongthatanentiremovietheaterwasliftedoffthegroundandthrowntwomilesouttosea withtheaudienceandprojectioniststillinside 3 HurricaneKatrina NewOrleans 2005 1 836deadthecostliestnaturaldisasterevertohittheU S estimatesofthedamagesnowtotal 81billionaCategory3hurricane About80 ofhistoricNewOrleanswascoveredwithwater andfiveyearslater theregionisstillstrugglingtorebuildthedevastatedcity 2 SanFelipea k a OkeechobeeHurricane Florida 1928 2 500deadonlythesecondhurricanetoreachCategory5 Residentshadreturnedtotheirhomesafterhearingrumorsthatthestormhadpassed butsoonasurgeofwatercoveredhundredsofsquaremilesaroundthelake Mostofthepeoplekilledinthedisasterwereunidentifiablemigrantfarmworkers 1 Galveston Texas 1900 6 000to12 000deadthisunnamedhurricanehitGalvestonwithwindsupto135m p h 220km h and15 ft 4 5m tidesthatsweptoverBarrierIsland Unfortunately meteorologywasfarfromanexactscienceattheendofthe19t