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)

(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

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