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Hurricane Helene hit Florida's Gulf Coast in late September, flooding the Southeast and causing devastating flooding in North Carolina's mountains.
The following is Top 10 deadliest hurricanes on record in U.S. history, according to the National Weather Service.
10. The Last Island Hurricane (1856)
Last Island hurricane kills 400 After striking the Louisiana coast in August 1856.
In the aftermath of the storm, the island's highest point was submerged under five feet of water and the resort hotel and surrounding gambling establishments were destroyed, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The island itself was destroyed, devoid of vegetation and split in half, NOAA said.
9. Labor Day Hurricane (1935)
In September 1935, the Labor Day Hurricane struck Florida, becoming what the NHC said was the most powerful hurricane [Cat-5] Have landed in the United States It killed 408 people and caused an estimated $6 million in damage, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
The victims were primarily World War I veterans working in the Florida Keys, according to the National Health Commission.
8. Audrey Hurricane (1957)
In June 1957, Hurricane Audrey struck Louisiana and Texas, killing 416 people.
The storm's 8 to 12-foot storm surge penetrated southwestern Louisiana, according to the NHC.
The NHC said Hurricane Audrey caused an estimated $150 million in damage in the United States.
7. Georgia/South Carolina Hurricane (1881)
The Georgia/South Carolina hurricane of August 1881 caught residents of the Georgia coast by surprise.
Destructive Category 2 storm makes landfall at high tide, Caused at least 700 deaths.
The storm has no name because it occurred nearly 70 years before the National Hurricane Center began naming storms in the early 1950s.
6. Island hurricane
In August 1893, an island hurricane hit Savannah, Georgia.
The Category 3 storm had winds of 121 mph and a storm surge of 16 feet, according to the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Storm kills 2,000 people and leaves 30,000 homelessaccording to the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
The hurricane was one of three deadly hurricanes during the 1893 Atlantic hurricane season and caused significant losses totaling $1 million.
5. Hurricane Chenil Caminada
The storm made landfall in October 1893 and devastated the fishing community of Chenière Caminada in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
The Category 4 hurricane, dubbed the “Great October Storm,” killed about 2,000 people. About 1,100-1,400 of those incidents occurred on land, according to the NHC.
The storm also destroyed many ships and destroyed much of the town and crops, according to the Louisiana State University Library.
4.Hurricane Katrina
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina kills approximately 1,200 peopleAbout 1,000 people have died in Louisiana, 200 in Mississippi and seven more in south Florida, according to the NHC.
The worst damage occurred in New Orleans and other Louisiana communitiesbut Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are also affected.
Damage was caused primarily by flooding from storm surges and levee breaches in the new orleans metropolitan area Large parts of the city and its eastern suburbs were inundated.
3. 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane
Hurricane Okeechobee kills at least 2,500 when it swept across Puerto Rico and the southern United States in 1928.
Scores of homes and buildings were swept away by the storm, with Lake Okeechobee in Florida's inland state suffering the most damage, causing the lake's water to rise six to nine feet, flooding surrounding areas, according to the National Hurricane Center.
NHC said the hurricane caused about $50 million in property damage in Puerto Rico and $25 million in Florida.
Lake surge in Florida kills 1,836 people. An additional 312 people have died in Puerto Rico and 18 in the Bahamas, according to the NHC.
2. Hurricane Maria (2017)
Hurricane Maria was a Category 4 hurricane that struck Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, causing severe damage to the island in the months following the strike.
Initially reporting 64 deaths, a 2018 study determined the actual death toll to be 2,975.
To arrive at the 2,975 figure, the study, commissioned by the Governor of Puerto Rico and conducted by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, looked at historical death patterns from 2010 to 2017. Estimates of how many people would have died had Hurricane Maria not hit the island.
That number was then compared to the actual number of deaths from September 2017 to February 2018 (obtained from records provided by the Puerto Rico Vital Statistics Records Division of the Puerto Rico Department of Health) to determine the number of deaths described in the report “Estimates of Excess Mortality from Hurricanes.”
1. Galveston Hurricane
On September 8, 1900, the Galveston Hurricane devastated the island city on the Texas Gulf Coast.
this [Category 4] The hurricane has been called the deadliest weather disaster in U.S. history, killing at least 8,000 people, with some estimates as high as 12,000.
According to the NHC, more than 10,000 people were left homeless and property damage was estimated at $30 million.
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