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Deadliest U.S. Hurricanes Since 1900
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 31, 2005
Filed at 3:37 a.m. ET

The 25 deadliest U.S. hurricanes since 1900, according to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's National Hurricane Center, listed with date the hurricane first made landfall and the location, its strength, the number of U.S. fatalities and the estimated U.S. property damage:

Galveston Hurricane (1900)

Sept. 8, Galveston Island, Texas

Category 4

Estimated fatalities: 6,000-12,000

Estimated property damage: $30 million

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San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane (1928)

Sept. 16, Palm Beach, Fla.

Category 4

Estimated fatalities: 1,836

Estimated property damage: $25 million

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Atlantic-Gulf Hurricane (1919)

Sept. 14, Corpus Christi, Texas

Category 3

Estimated fatalities: 600 to 900

Estimated property damage: $22 million

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New England Hurricane (1938)

Sept. 21, Long Island, N.Y., and Connecticut

Category 3

Estimated fatalities: 600

Estimated property damage: $308 million

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Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane (1935)

Sept. 2, middle Florida Keys

Category 5

Estimated fatalities: 408

Estimated property damage: $6 million

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Hurricane Audrey (1957)

June 27, Texas-Louisiana border

Category 4

Estimated fatalities: 390

Estimated property damage: $150 million

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Great Miami Hurricane (1926)

Sept. 18, Miami Beach, Fla.

Category 4

Estimated fatalities: 373

Estimated property damage: $76 million

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Hurricane Camille (1969)

Aug. 17, Mississippi coast

Category 5

Estimated fatalities: 256

Estimated property damage: $1.42 billion

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Hurricane Diane (1955)

Aug. 17, North Carolina coast

Category 1

Estimated fatalities: 184

Estimated property damage: $832 million

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Hurricane Agnes (1972)

June 19, Florida panhandle coast

Category 1

Estimated fatalities: 122

Estimated property damage: $2.1 billion

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Hurricane Hazel (1954)

Oct. 15, North Carolina-South Carolina border

Category 4

Estimated fatalities: 95

Estimated property damage: $281 million

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Hurricane Carol (1954)

Aug. 31, Long Island, N.Y., and Connecticut

Category 3

Estimated fatalities: 60

Estimated property damage: $461 million

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Hurricane Floyd (1999)

Sept. 16, Cape Fear, N.C.

Category 2

Estimated fatalities: 56

Estimated property damage: $3 billion to $6 billion

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Hurricane Donna (1960)

Sept. 9, Florida Keys

Category 4

Estimated fatalities: 50

Estimated property damage: $387 million

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Great Atlantic Hurricane (1944)

Sept. 14, Cape Hatteras, N.C.

Category 3

Estimated fatalities: 46

Estimated property damage: $100 million

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Hurricane Ivan (2004)

Sept. 16, Gulf Shores, Ala.

Category 3

Estimated fatalities: 25

Estimated property damage: $14.2 billion

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Hurricane Andrew (1992)

Aug. 24, South Florida

Category 4

Estimated fatalities: 23

Estimated property damage: $26.5 billion

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Hurricane Alicia (1983)

Aug. 18, Galveston Island, Texas

Category 3

Estimated fatalities: 21

Estimated property damage: $2 billion

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Hurricane Hugo (1989)

Sept. 22, Charleston, S.C.

Category 4

Estimated fatalities: 21

Estimated property damage: $7 billion

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Hurricane Edna (1954)

Sept. 11, Cape Cod, Mass.

Category 3

Estimated fatalities: 20

Estimated property damage: $40 million

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Hurricane Isabel (2003)

Sept. 18, Drum Inlet, N.C.

Below major hurricane strength

Estimated fatalities: 17

Estimated property damage: $3 billion

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Hurricane Charley (2004)

Aug. 13, Captiva Island, Fla.

Category 4

Estimated fatalities: 10

Estimated property damage: $15 billion

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Hurricane Opal (1995)

Oct. 4, Pensacola Beach, Fla.

Category 3

Estimated fatalities: 9

Estimated property damage: $3 billion

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Hurricane Frances (2004)

Sept. 5, Stuart, Fla.

Category 2

Estimated fatalities: 7

Estimated property damage: $8.9 billion

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Hurricane Jeanne (2004)

Sept. 26, Stuart, Fla.

Category 3

Estimated fatalities: 6

Estimated property damage: $6.9 billion



http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Deadliest-Hurricanes-Glance.html