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Deadliest mainland U.S. tropical cyclones and hurricanes from 1851-2012

The deadliest mainland U.S. tropical cyclones and hurricanes causing 50 or greater deaths from 1851 to 2012

The data displays the deadliest mainland U.S. tropical cyclones and hurricanes causing 25 or greater deaths from 1851 to 2012. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused about 1,200 deaths in the U.S.

Texas (1900) 8000
Florida (1928) 2500
Katrina - Southeast Louisiana/Mississippi (2005) 1500
Louisiana (1893) 1100
South Carolina, Georgia (1893) 1000
South Carolina, Georgia (1881) 700
Audrey - Southwest Louisiana, North Texas (1957) 416
Florida (1935) 408
Louisiana (1856) 400
Florida (1926) 372
Louisiana (1909) 350
Florida (1919) 287
Louisiana (1915) 275
Texas (1915) 275
New England (1938) 256
Camille - Mississippi, Southeast Louisiana/VA (1969) 256
Diane - Northeast U.S. (1955) 184
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina (1898) 179
Texas (1875) 176
Florida (1906) 164
Texas (1886) 150
Mississippi. Alabama, Pensacola (1906) 134
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina (1896) 130
Agnes - Florida, Northeast U.S. (1972) 122
Hazel - North/South Carolina (1954) 95
Betsy - Southeast Florida, Southeast Louisiana (1965) 75
Sandy - New Jersey, New York, Connecticut (2012) 72
Northeast U.S. (1944) 64
Carol - Northeast U.S. (1954) 60
Floyd - Mid Atlantic & Northeast U.S. (1999) 56
North Carolina (1883) 53
Southeast Florida/Louisiana, Mississippi (1947) 51
North/South Carolina, Georgia (1940) 50
Donna - Florida, Eastern U.S. (1960) 50
North/South Carolina (1899) 50

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