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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