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Record Breaking U.S. Storms Since 1900
Deadliest
| Rank | Storm | Location | Year | Category | Deaths |
| 1 | Great Galveston Hurricane | Galveston, Texas |
1900 | 4 | 8000+ |
| 2 | San Felipe / Okeechobee Hurricane |
Lake Okeechobee, Florida |
1928 | 4 | 2500+ |
| 3 | Hurricane Katrina | Louisiana, Mississippi |
2005 | 3 | 1500 |
| 4 | Hurricane Audrey | Louisiana / Texas |
1957 | 4 | 416 |
| 5 | Labor Day Hurricane | Florida Keys | 1935 | 5 | 408 |
| 6 | Great Miami Hurricane | Florida, Alabama, Mississippi |
1926 | 4 | 372 |
| 7 | Grand Isle Hurricane | Louisiana | 1909 | 3 | 350 |
| 8 | Florida Keys Hurricane | Florida | 1919 | 4 | 287 |
| 9 | 1915 Galveston Hurricane | Texas | 1915 | 4 | 275 (tied for 9th) |
| 10 | New Orleans Hurricane | Louisiana | 1915 | 4 | 275 (tied for 9th place) |
Costliest (not adjusted for inflation)
| Rank | Storm | Location | Year | Category | Damage |
| 1 | Katrina | Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi |
2005 | 3 | $81 billion |
| 2 | Andrew | Florida, Louisiana |
1992 | 5 | $26.5 billion |
| 3 | Wilma | Florida | 2005 | 3 | $20.6 billion |
| 4 | Charley | Florida | 2004 | 4 | $15 billion |
| 5 | Ivan | Alabama, Florida |
2004 | 3 | $14.2 billion |
| 6 | Rita | Louisiana, Texas |
2005 | 3 | $11.3 billion |
| 7 | Frances | Florida | 2004 | 2 | $8.9 billion |
| 8 | Hugo | South Carolina | 1989 | 4 | $7 billion |
| 9 | Jeanne | Florida | 2004 | 3 | $6.9 billion |
| 10 | Allison | Texas | 2001 | Tropical Storm | $5 billion |
Most Intense (at time of landfall)
| Rank | Storm | Location | Year | Category | Pressure (millibars) | Pressure (inches of mercury) |
| 1 | Labor Day Hurricane | Florida Keys | 1935 | 5 | 892 | 26.35 |
| 2 | Hurricane Camille | Mississippi, Louisiana, Virginia |
1969 | 5 | 909 | 26.84 |
| 3 | Hurricane Katrina | Louisiana, Mississippi |
2005 | 3 | 920 | 27.17 |
| 4 | Hurricane Andrew | Florida, Louisiana |
1992 | 5 | 922 | 27.73 |
| 5 | Florida Keys Hurricane | Florida, Texas |
1919 | 4 | 927 | 27.37 |
| 6 | San Felipe / Lake Okeechobee |
Florida | 1928 | 4 | 929 | 27.43 |
| 7 | Hurricane Donna | Florida, Eastern U.S. |
1960 | 4 | 930 | 27.46 |
| 8 | New Orleans Hurricane | Louisiana | 1915 | 4 | 931 | 27.49 (tied for 8th place) |
| 8 | Hurricane Carla | Texas | 1961 | 4 | 931 | 27.49 (tied for 8th place) |
| 9 | Hurricane Hugo | South Carolina | 1989 | 4 | 934 |
27.58 |
Source: The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States Tropical Cyclones From 1851 to 2006 (and other frequently requested hurricane facts) [NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS TPC-5] updated April 15, 2007.
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