Famous Hurricanes
1. THE GREAT GALVESTON TEXAS HURRICANE DISASTER
1. THE GREAT GALVESTON TEXAS HURRICANE DISASTER
- September 8-9, 1900
- Galveston, Texas
- 8,000 deaths (ranges up to 10,000 - 12,000)
- category 4 at landfall
- pressure 27.64" (936 mb) at landfall
- damage $150 million
- deadliest U.S. weather disaster on record
2. THE GULF/SOUTH TEXAS HURRICANE OF 1919
2. THE GULF/SOUTH TEXAS HURRICANE OF 1919
- September 14, 1919
- Just south of Corpus Christi, Texas
- category 3 at landfall
- Glanced Florida keys on September 9th as category 4
- pressure 27.37" (927 mb) near Key West, Florida
- pressure 28.05" (950 mb) at landfall
- 600-900 deaths, many missing
- damage $22 million
3. THE GREAT MIAMI HURRICANE
3. THE GREAT MIAMI HURRICANE
- September 18, 1926
- Miami, Florida
- category 4 at landfall
- Second, weaker landfall September 20th near Pensacola, Florida
- pressure 27.46" (930 mb) at landfall
- damage $105 million
- 373+ deaths and 6,381 injuries
4. THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE FLORIDA CATASTROPHE
4. THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE FLORIDA CATASTROPHE
- September 16, 1928
- landfall near Palm Beach, Florida
- Category 4 at landfall
- Category 5 landfall in Puerto Rico on September 13th
- Hurricane force winds produced 6-9 storm surge on lake Okeechobee!
- pressure 27.43" (929 mb) at landfall
- 2500+ deaths
- damage $32 million
5. THE GREAT FLORIDA KEYS LABOR DAY STORM
5. THE GREAT FLORIDA KEYS LABOR DAY STORM
- September 3, 1935
- Florida Keys
- category 5 at landfall, first time in recorded U.S. history
- pressure 26.35" (892 mb) at landfall
- damage $6 million
- 423 deaths
- most intense hurricane to strike the U.S. on record
- third lowest observed pressure of any recorded Atlantic hurricane
6. THE GREAT LONG ISLAND / NEW ENGLAND HURRICANE
6. THE GREAT LONG ISLAND / NEW ENGLAND HURRICANE
- September 21, 1938
- Long Island New York/New England
- 600 deaths
- category 3 at landfall
- pressure 27.94" (946 mb) at landfall
- damage $308 million
7. HURRICANE "CAROL"
7. HURRICANE "CAROL"
- August 31, 1954
- Long Island New York/New England states
- 60 deaths
- category 3 at landfall
- pressure 28.35" (960 mb) at landfall
- damage $461 million
8. HURRICANE "EDNA"
8. HURRICANE "EDNA"
- September 11, 1954
- Extreme eastern New England
- deaths ?
- category 3 at landfall
- pressure 28.17" (954 mb) at landfall
- damage ?
9. HURRICANE "HAZEL"
9. HURRICANE "HAZEL"
- October 15, 1954
- South Carolina/North Carolina north to Pennsylvania
- 95 deaths
- category 4 at landfall
- pressure 27.70" (938 mb) at landfall
- damage $281 million
- record three major hurricanes in a row to strike the U.S. in less than two months
10. HURRICANE "DIANE"
10. HURRICANE "DIANE"
- August 17, 1955
- North Carolina/northeast U.S.
- 184 deaths
- category 2 at landfall
- pressure 28.02" (949 mb) at landfall
- damage $831 million
- most deaths were due to devastating floods in the northeast U.S.
11. HURRICANE "AUDREY"
11. HURRICANE "AUDREY"
- June 27, 1957
- southwest Louisiana
- 400-500 deaths
- category 4 at landfall
- pressure 27.91" (945 mb) at landfall
- damage $150 million
- deadliest hurricane in June on record in the U.S.
12. HURRICANE "DONNA"
12. HURRICANE "DONNA"
- September 10, 1960
- Florida
- 50 deaths
- category 4 at landfall
- pressure 27.46" (930 mb) at landfall
- damage $387 million
13. HURRICANE "CARLA"
13. HURRICANE "CARLA"
- September 11, 1961
- Texas (remnants tracked to near Chicago)
- 46 deaths
- category 4 at landfall
- pressure 27.49" (931 mb) at landfall
- damage $408 million
- dumped about 4 inches of rain at Milwaukee September 12-13
14. HURRICANE "BETSY"
14. HURRICANE "BETSY"
- September 8-9, 1965
- southeast Florida/southeast Louisiana
- 75 deaths
- category 3 at landfall
- pressure 27.99" (948 mb) at landfall
- damage $1.4 billion
- first hurricane to inflict billion dollar damage
15. HURRICANE "BEULAH"
15. HURRICANE "BEULAH"
- September 20, 1967
- South Texas
- 15 deaths
- category 3 at landfall
- pressure 28.05" (950 mb) at landfall
- damage $350 million
- produced record 118 tornadoes by a hurricane across South Texas (most were weak)
16. HURRICANE "CAMILLE"
16. HURRICANE "CAMILLE"
- August 17-19, 1969
- Mississippi/southeast Louisiana northeast to Virginia
- 256 deaths
- category 5 at landfall
- pressure 26.84" (909 mb) at landfall
- damage $1.4 billion
- remnants dumped 27 inches of rain in less than 24 hours in Virginia
- the second most intense hurricane on record at landfall
- only the second hurricane to reach category 5 at landfall in the U.S.
- nearly half the deaths were due to catastrophic flooding in the Appalachians
17. HURRICANE "AGNES"
17. HURRICANE "AGNES"
- June 19-22, 1972
- Florida panhandle/northeast U.S.
- 122 deaths
- category 1 at landfall
- pressure 28.86" (977 mb) at landfall
- damage $2.1 billion
- most deaths were due to catastrophic flooding in New York / Pennsylvania
18. HURRICANE "HUGO"
18. HURRICANE "HUGO"
- September 21, 1989
- South Carolina
- 21 deaths
- category 4 at landfall
- pressure 27.58" (934 mb) at landfall
- damage $7 billion
- the third costliest hurricane on record in the U.S.
19. HURRICANE "ANDREW"
19. HURRICANE "ANDREW"
- August 24-26, 1992
- southeast Florida/southern Louisiana
- 23 deaths
- category 5 at landfall
- pressure 27.23" (922 mb) at landfall
- damage $26.5 billion
- the costliest hurricane on record in the U.S.
- the third most intense hurricane at landfall to hit the U.S.
20. HURRICANE "FRAN"
20. HURRICANE "FRAN"
- September 5-6, 1996
- North Carolina / Virginia north to Pennsylvania
- 27 deaths
- category 3 at landfall
- pressure 28.32" (954 mb) at landfall
- damage $3.2 billion
- the fourth costliest hurricane on record in the U.S.
21. HURRICANE "FLOYD"
21. HURRICANE "FLOYD"
- September 16, 1999
- landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as category 2 hurricane
- 56 deaths, most due to flooding
- pressure 28.17" (959 mb) at landfall
- damage $3-6 billion mainly from flooding
22. HURRICANE "ISABEL"
22. HURRICANE "ISABEL"
- September 18, 2003
- landfall near Cedar Island, North Carolina as category 2 hurricane
- pressure 28.45" (963 mb) at landfall
- 17 deaths
- damage $3+ billion
23. HURRICANE "CHARLEY"
23. HURRICANE "CHARLEY"
- August 13, 2004
- Entire west coast of Florida
- 24 deaths
- 792 injuries
- category 4 at landfall
- pressure 27.79" (941 mb) at landfall
- damage $11.2 billion
- the second costliest hurricane on record in the U.S.
24. HURRICANE "FRANCES"
24. HURRICANE "FRANCES"
- September 5-6, 2004
- landfall near Stuart, Florida as a category 2 hurricane
- Secondary landfall as tropical storm near Apalachicola
- 7 deaths
- pressure 28.35" (960 mb) at landfall
- damage $8.9 billion
25. HURRICANE "IVAN"
25. HURRICANE "IVAN"
- September 13-16, 2004
- Western Panhandle of Florida and Alabama Gulf Coast
- 14 deaths
- 16 injuries
- category 3 at landfall
- pressure 27.85" (943 mb) at landfall
- damage $4.5 billion
- One of the most damaging hurricanes to affect the extreme western Florida Panhandle in modern history.
26. HURRICANE "JEANNE"
26. HURRICANE "JEANNE"
- September 26, 2004
- landfall near Stuart, Florida
- category 3 at landfall
- pressure 28.11" (952 mb) at landfall
- damage $6.9 billion
- 5 deaths
- landfall was same location as hurricane Frances just a few weeks earlier, first and only in recorded history
27. HURRICANE "DENNIS"
27. HURRICANE "DENNIS"
- July 10, 2005
- landfall near Navarre Beach, Florida as a category 3 hurricane
- pressure 27.94" (946 mb) at landfall
- damage $2.23 billion
- 3 deaths
28. HURRICANE "KATRINA"
28. HURRICANE "KATRINA"
- August 29, 2005
- 2nd landfall near Buras, Louisiana as a category 3 hurricane
- 1st landfall was near Miami, Florida as a category 1 hurricane.
- pressure 27.17" (920 mb) at Louisiana landfall
- damage $100+ billion
- 1500+ fatalities
- The worst natural disaster in U.S. history from combination of significant loss of property and human life
29. HURRICANE "RITA"
29. HURRICANE "RITA"
- September 24, 2005
- landfall near Johnson’s Bayou, Louisiana
- category 3 at landfall
- pressure 27.67" (937 mb) at landfall
- 4th lowest pressure observed in an Atlantic hurricane (895 mb)
- damage about $10 billion
- Prompted one of the largest evacuation events in preparation for landfall
- 7 deaths
30. HURRICANE "WILMA"
30. HURRICANE "WILMA"
- October 24, 2005
- landfall near Naples, Florida
- category 3 at landfall
- pressure 28.23" (956 mb) at landfall
- Lowest Atlantic hurricane pressure ever recorded (882 mb over Caribbean)
- damage $20.6 billion, 3rd costliest in U.S. history (behind Katrina and Andrew)
- 6 deaths
31. HURRICANE "IKE"
31. HURRICANE "IKE"
- September 12-13, 2008
- landfall near Galveston, Texas
- category 2 at landfall
- pressure 28.99" (982 mb) at landfall
- damage $6.9 billion
- 20 deaths
- continued to produce significant wind damage and flooding in the following days up into the Ohio Valley