Deadliest Storms to Strike the U.S.

Rank Storm Name Year Category Deaths Areas Effected
1 Unnamed 1900 4 6000+ Galveston, TX
2 Unnamed 1928 4 1836 Lake Okeechobee, FL
3 Unnamed 1919 4 600 FL Keys, South Texas
4 Unnamed 1938 3 600 New England
5 Unnamed 1935 5 408 Florida Keys
6 Audrey 1957 4 390 SW Louisiana/ NE TX
7 Unnamed 1944 3 390 NE United States
8 Unnamed 1909 4 350 Grand Isle, LA
9 Unnamed 1915 4 275 New Orleans
10 Unnamed 1915 4 275 Galveston, TX
11 Camille 1969 5 256 Mississippi, LA
12 Unnamed 1926 4 243 Miami, Florida
13 Diane 1955 1 184 NE United States
14 Unnamed 1906 2 164 South East Florida
15 Unnamed 1906 3 134 Miss, Alabama, Pensacola
16 Agnes 1972 1 122 NE United States
17 Hazel 1954 4 95 Carolinas
18 Betsy 1965 3 75 SE Florida, SE LA
19 Carol 1954 3 60 NE United States
20 Unnamed 1947 4 51 SE FL, LA, Miss
21 Donna 1960 4 50 Florida, Eastern Seasboard
22 Unnamed 1940 2 50 Georgia, Carolinas
23 Carla 1961 4 46 Texas
24 Unnamed 1909 3 41 Velasco, Texas
25 Unnamed 1932 4 40 Freeport, Texas
26 Unnamed 1933 3 40 South Texas
27 Hilda 1964 3 38 Louisiana
28 Unnamed 1918 3 34 SW Louisiana
29 Unnamed 1910 3 30 SW Florida
30 Connie 1955 3 25 North Carolina
31 Unnamed 1925 3 25 Louisiana 

  From 1900-1996