5 Deadliest Hurricanes in U.S. History
As Tropical Storm Fay claims lives in the Caribbean and threatens Florida, we look at past hurricanes
Posted August 21, 2008
The five hurricanes that have taken the most lives:
- Galveston, Texas, 1900: 8,000 deaths
- Lake Okeechobee, Fla., 1928: 2,500 deaths
- Katrina (La./Miss.), 2005: 1,800 deaths
- Cheniere Caminanda, La., 1893: 1,100 - 1,400 deaths
- Sea Islands (S.C., Ga.), 1893: 1,000-2,000 deaths
Reader Comments
Obama
OBAMAS FAULT!
Oh well
its their faluts the reason they all died was because they built houses of lowlands or bogs or swamps and its below sea level so tectnecly its their fault
omg
(crying)i am so sory 4 all the peepz tat hav died in huricans!!!!!
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