The 30 Deadliest U.S. Mainland Hurricanes

Rank	Name/Area	Year	Category	Deaths
1.	Great Galveston Hurricane (TX)	1900	4	8,000
2.	Lake Okeechobee (FL)	1928	4	2,500
3.	Katrina (LA/MS/FL/GA/AL)	2005	3	1,200
4.	Cheniere Caminanda (LA)	1893	4	1,100-1,400
5.	Sea Islands (SC/GA)	1893	3	1,000-2,000
6.	GA/SC	1881	2	700
7.	Audrey (Southwest LA/North TX)	1957	4	416
8.	Great Labor Day Hurricane (FL Keys)	1935	5	408
9.	Last Island (LA)	1856	4	400
10.	Miami Hurricane (FL/MS/AL)	1926	4	372
11.	Grand Isle (LA)	1909	4	350
12.	FL Keys/South TX	1919	4	287**
13.	New Orleans (LA)	1915	4	275
14.	Galveston (TX)	1915	4	275
15.	Camille (MS/LA)	1969	5	256
16.	New England	1938	3*	256
17.	Diane (Northeast U.S.)	1955	1	184
18.	GA/SC/NC	1898	4	179
19.	TX	1875	3	176
20.	Southeast FL	1906	2	164
21.	Indianola (TX)	1886	4	150
22.	MS/AL/FL	1906	3	134
23.	FL/GA/SC	1896	3	130
24.	Agnes (Northeast U.S.)	1972	1	122
25.	Hazel (SC/NC)	1954	4*	95
26.	Betsy (Southeast FL/Southeast LA)	1965	3	75
27.	Great Atlantic Hurricane	1944	3*	64***
28.	Carol (Northeast U.S.)	1954	3*	60
29.	Floyd (NC)	1999	4	56
30.	NC	1883	2	53

* - Moving more than 30 miles an hour

** - Over 500 of these lost on ships at sea; 600-900 estimated deaths

*** - Some 344 of these lost on ships at sea

ADDENDUM (Not in Mainland U.S.):

Name/Area	Year	Category	Deaths
San Ciriaco (Puerto Rico)	1899	3	3,369
San Narcico (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)	1867	3	811
San Lorenzo (Puerto Rico)	1852	1	800
San Felipe (Puerto Rico)	1928	5	312
San Ciprian (Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico)	1932	2	225
Donna (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands)	1960	4	107
San Gil (Puerto Rico)	1888	1	100

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