5 Deadliest Hurricanes in U.S. History

As Tropical Storm Fay claims lives in the Caribbean and threatens Florida, we look at past hurricanes

By U.S. News Staff

August 21, 2008 RSS Feed Print

The five hurricanes that have taken the most lives:

  1. Galveston, Texas, 1900: 8,000 deaths
  2. Lake Okeechobee, Fla., 1928: 2,500 deaths
  3. Katrina (La./Miss.), 2005: 1,800 deaths
  4. Cheniere Caminanda, La., 1893: 1,100 - 1,400 deaths
  5. Sea Islands (S.C., Ga.), 1893: 1,000-2,000 deaths

Source: National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center

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I hope Galveston doesn't come back i mean i live in the area it came in :(.

keyon of TX 10:53PM September 18, 2010

It's not their fault! What you think just cause their houses' or stuff was built low that their the reason they died?!?!?! Sorry, but your wrong hunny. That would be just like saying that if a drunk driver hit a car, that it wasnt the drunk drivers fault, it was the other car's fault for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. But yeauhh its for surely not their fault! Thanks=)

Ashley Shaffer of TX 11:49AM May 10, 2010

It is not good to be caught in one, if you hear of a hurricane watch you might want to leave the area. I mean afterwards your always hearing about the deaths(RIP people) and everything that happened during the hurricane. So you should just get out and not have to worry about if your roof if going to get ripped up off your head in the middle of the night and things like that. Think of it as a short vacation away from deaths list.

Ashley Shaffer of TN 11:43AM May 10, 2010

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