O'DOCHARTAIGH ASSOCIATES
WORST U.S. HURRICANES RANKED
BY DEATHS, DAMAGE IN DOLLARS
The following are the most destructive hurricanes
to hit the United States mainland this century, as ranked by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The first list ranks the 20 most deadly storms. The second
ranks the 20 most costly storms, adjusted to 1996 dollars.
THE DEADLIEST:
1. Unnamed - Hit Galveston, Texas in 1900 killing more than
8,000 people.
2. Unnamed - Hit Lake Okeechobee, Florida in 1928, killing
1,836 people.
3. Unnamed - Hit the Florida Keys and Texas in 1919, killing
600 people.
4. Unnamed - Hit New England in 1938, killing 600 people.
5. Unnamed - Hit the Florida Keys in 1935, killing 408
people.
6. Audrey - Hit Louisiana and Texas in 1957, killing 390
people.
7. Unnamed - Hit the northeastern United States in 1944,
killing 390 people.
8. Unnamed - Hit Grand Isle, Louisiana in 1909, killing 350
people.
9. Unnamed - Hit New Orleans, Louisiana in 1915, killing 275
people.
10. Unnamed - Hit Galveston, Texas in 1915, killing 275
people.
11. Camille - Hit Mississippi and Louisiana in 1969, killing
256 people.
12. Unnamed - Hit Miami and Pensacola, Florida, Mississippi
and Alabama in 1926, killing 243 people.
13. Diane - Hit the northeastern United states in 1955,
killing 184 people.
14. Unnamed - Hit southeast Florida in 1906, killing 164
people.
15. Unnamed - Hit Mississippi, Alabama and Pensacola,
Florida in 1906, killing 134 people.
16. Agnes - Hit the northeastern United States in 1972,
killing 122 people.
17. Hazel - Hit North and South Carolina in 1954, killing 95
people.
18. Betsy - Hit southeast Florida and Louisiana in 1965,
killing 75 people.
19. Carol - Hit the northeastern United States in 1954,
killing 60 people.
20. Unnamed - Hit southeast Florida, Louisiana and
Mississippi in 1947, killing 61 people.
THE COSTLIEST:
1. Andrew - Hit southeast Florida and Louisiana in 1992,
causing $30.47 billion of damage.
2. Hugo - Hit South Carolina in 1989, causing $8.49 billion
of damage.
3. Agnes - Hit the northeastern United States in 1972,
causing $7.5 billion of damage.
4. Betsy - Hit Florida and Louisiana in 1965, causing $7.43
billion of damage.
5. Camille - Hit Mississippi and Alabama in 1969, causing
$6.01 billion of damage.
6. Diane - Hit the northeastern United States in 1955,
causing $4.83 billion of damage.
7. Frederic - Hit Alabama and Mississippi in 1979, causing
$4.33 billion of damage.
8. Unnamed - Hit New England in 1938, causing $4.14 billion
of damage.
9. Fran - Hit North Carolina in 1996, causing $3.2 billion
of damage.
10. Opal - Hit northwest Florida and Alabama in 1995,
causing $3.01 billion of damage.
11. Alicia - Hit Texas in 1983, causing $2.98 billion of
damage.
12. Carol - Hit the northeastern United States in 1954,
causing $2.73 billion of damage.
13. Carla - Hit Texas in 1961, causing $2.22 billion of
damage.
14. Juan - Hit Louisiana in 1985, causing $2.1 billion of
damage.
15. Donna - Hit Florida and the eastern United States in
1960, causing $2.1 billion of damage.
16. Celia - Hit Texas in 1970, causing $1.83 billion of
damage.
17. Elena - Hit Mississippi, Alabama and northwest Florida
in 1985, causing $1.76 billion of damage.
18. Bob - Hit North Carolina and the northeastern United
States in 1991, causing $1.75 billion of damage.
19. Hazel - Hit North and South Carolina in 1954, causing
$1.66 billion of damage.
20. Unnamed - Hit Miami in 1926, causing $1.5 billion of
damage.
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