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Contributed by Chris Landsea

RANK	HURRICANE	YEAR	CAT	DEATHS	COMMENTS
1	TX (Galveston)	1900	4	8000-12,000
2	FL (SE/Lake Okeechobee)	1928	4	2500-3000	Same storm as #13 ADDENDUM
3	KATRINA (LA,MS,AL,FL,GA)	2005	3	1500	Deaths directly attributed
4	LA (Cheniere Caminanda)	1893	4	1100-1400	2000 including offshore deaths August
5	SC/GA (Sea Islands)	1893	3	1000-2000
6	GA/SC	1881	2	700
7	AUDREY (SW LA/N TX)	1957	4	>416
8	FL (Keys)	1935	5	408
9	LA (Last Island)	1856	4	400	With offshore deaths total is ~600
10	FL (Miami)/MS/AL/Pensacola	1926	4	372
11	LA (Grand Isle)	1909	3	350
12	FL (Keys)/S TX	1919	4	287	With offshore deaths total is ~600
13	LA (New Orleans)	1915	4	275
14	TX (Galveston)	1915	4	275
15	New England	1938	3	256	With offshore deaths total is ~600
16	CAMILLE (MS/SE LA/VA)	1969	5	256
17	DIANE (NE U.S.)	1955	1	184
18	GA, SC, NC	1898	4	179
19	TX	1875	3	176
20	SE FL	1906	3	164
21	TX (Indianola)	1886	4	150
22	MS/AL/Pensacola	1906	2	134
23	FL, GA, SC	1896	3	130
24	AGNES (FL/NE U.S.)	1972	1	≤122
25	HAZEL (SC/NC)	1954	4	95
26	BETSY (SE FL/SE LA)	1965	3	75
27	Northeast U.S.	1944	3	64	Total 390 with offshore deaths
28	CAROL (NE U.S.)	1954	3	60
29	FLOYD (Mid Atlantic & NE U.S.)	1999	2	56
30	NC	1883	2	53
31	SE FL/SE LA/MS	1947	4	51
32	NC, SC	1899	3	≥50	Same storm as #2 in ADDENDUM
32	GA/SC/NC	1940	2	50
32	DONNA (FL/Eastern U.S.)	1960	4	50
35	LA	1860	2	≥47
36	NC, VA	1879	3	≥46	Could include offshore deaths
37	CARLA (N & Central TX)	1961	4	46
38	TX (Velasco)	1909	3	41
39	ALLISON (SE TX)	2001	TS	41
40	Mid-Atlantic	1889	unk	≥40	Could include offshore deaths Storm remained offshore
40	TX (Freeport)	1932	4	40
40	S TX	1933	3	40
43	HILDA (LA)	1964	3	38
44	SW LA	1918	3	34
45	SW FL	1910	3	30
46	ALBERTO (NW FL, GA, AL)	1994	TS	30
47	SC, FL	1893	3	28	Mid-October
48	New England	1878	2	≥27
48	Texas	1886	2	≥27
50	FRAN (NC)	1996	3	26
ADDENDUM (Not Atlantic/Gulf Coast)
2	Puerto Rico	1899	3	3369	Same storm as #32
5	P.R. USVI	1867	3	≤811	Could include offshore deaths
5	Puerto Rico	1852	1	≤800	Total possibly from 2 storms
13	Puerto Rico (San Felipe)	1928	5	312	Same storm as #2
17	USVI, Puerto Rico	1932	2	225
25	DONNA (St. Thomas, VI)	1960	4	107
25	Puerto Rico	1888	1	≥100
37	Southern California	1939	TS	45
37	ELOISE(Puerto Rico)	1975	TS	44
47	USVI	1871	3	≥27

From The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States Tropical Cyclones from 1851 to 2006 (and other Frequently Requested Hurricane Facts) NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS TPC-5 April 15, 2007, Eric S. Blake, Edward N. Rappaport, Christopher W. Landsea.

Last updated June 1, 2007