In the United States, the huge waves created by the storm affected the ocean animal life on the South Florida beaches. In Bermuda, the storm destroyed homes, farms and the valuable commercial coastal properties on the island. Storm observers were much more concerned about the more violent storm, Hurricane Matthew , which hit nearly at the same time as Nicole. Beginning as a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico and ending after hitting London, this wide-berth, slow-moving storm was responsible for substantial flood damage on two continents.
The storm caused fatalities in several Central American countries, Cuba and the Bahamas. Some aid to storm victims in Cuba caused an international controversy. Fortunately, for the people of the Caribbean and the United States, Igor weakened from a category 4 storm to a category 3 before entering the Gulf region. Igor moved up the East Coast of the United States after causing a relatively small amount of damage to Bermuda.
Newfoundland in Canada suffered the greatest damage. Flooding caused about million USD in damages in that area of the country. Source: Master Sgt. Mark C. Sandy is the third-most destructive hurricane ever to hit the United States. The carnage began as Sandy, still a tropic storm, hit the Caribbean Sea.
From there, it ran along the East Coast of the United States. In total, 24 states received damage from the storm. An artic front caused the intense rain produced by Sandy to turn into snow. Flooding also caused great damage to crops in Cuba and destroyed much of the country's transportation infrastructure. Death Toll: Over 6, Due to poor record-keeping, some precise details of this hurricane are unknown.
However, historians do know the hurricane struck Guadeloupe on September 6, , and hit Louisiana on September Analysis indicates the winds were around 74 miles per hour. Death Toll: Over 4, It landed on the Palm Beach County shoreline in Florida and knocked down a dike holding back the waters from Lake Okeechobee.
This caused devastating amounts of flooding, leading to widespread loss of life and property damage. One of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes in history, the Newfoundland Hurricane struck the Colony of Newfoundland in September The Newfoundland Hurricane came alongside a wave of storms that caused devastation and damage for the American colonies.
Eventually, the storms turned into a deadly hurricane that struck the eastern coast of Newfoundland. Sea levels rose to unprecedented heights and several boats and crews were completely lost in the storm. Many sailors lost their lives in the hurricane. Death Toll: 1, Hurricane Katrina is among the five deadliest and most expensive hurricanes in the history of the United States. At least 1, people died from the hurricane and its aftermath.
The hurricane began as a Category 1 hurricane in August when it hit the Bahamas and Florida, but it strengthened to a Category 5 in the Gulf of Mexico before landing in Louisiana as a Category 3. New Orleans was hit particularly hard by the hurricane, with the storm devastating the area. Thousands of citizens were displaced by the storm, with hurricane relief shelters housing , at the peak of the disaster. Death Toll: up to Working its way up the Mexican coastline in October , Pauline dumped torrential rainfalls, particularly on the city of Acapulco.
The relentless downpour caused disastrous landslides in some of Mexico's poorest villages, killing up to people and leaving thousands homeless. While warnings were issued before the hurricane hit, meteorologists were unable to predict when the hurricane would hit or the level of damage it would cause.
Death Toll: While it only touched down for 12 hours, the Great Miami Hurricane did lasting damage to the then-up-and-coming Florida city.
In September , the storm touched down on Miami. The hurricane caused massive flooding, with water from the Atlantic extending into mainland Miami and covering several blocks. The Red Cross later reported a death toll of , with over 6, injuries. Death Toll: Over Hurricane Gilbert reached hurricane status in September as it moved past the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico before striking down on Jamaica.
The hurricane caused the most damage in Jamaica, covering the entire island. At the time, many homes had tin roofs, which were easily stripped off by the mile-per-hour winds. Almost every single home in Jamaica lost power and over lives were lost on the island alone. Afterward, Gilbert moved on to Mexico, where it caused considerable damage near the resort town of Cancun. Hurricane Ike devastated the Texas coastline on September 12, The seventh costliest hurricane to ever touch down on US soil, Ike caused the most damage in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
Ike also caused sizable damages outside the United States, touching down in Cuba, the Caribbean, and the Bahamas. Throughout its run, Hurricane Sandy fluctuated between a Category 1 and 2 storm. The low rating, however, didn't do much to stop the storm from causing damage throughout the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. Strong winds and heavy rainfall led to widespread evacuations in the eastern United States. In addition to causing deaths, Hurricane Sandy was one of the costliest hurricanes in United States history.
New York City was hit the hardest. Hurricane Agnes originally touched down in Florida, but then made its way across the United States. It washed through Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, and DC, causing mass flooding and millions of dollars in damage. Pennsylvania was hit the hardest by the hurricane, with 50 deaths reported. Death Toll: 64 initially reported , but increased to 2, in August After making its way through several Caribbean islands as a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Maria diminished to Category 4 before striking down on Puerto Rico on September 20, Despite this reduction in severity, the storm devastated the US territory.
Maria was, at the time, the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in 80 years. It caused massive flooding and essentially knocked out all power across the island. The level of damage done by Hurricane Maria remains somewhat unclear, especially in terms of the death toll.
Actual maximum sustained winds will never be known because the hurricane destroyed every wind-recording instrument in the landfall area. Columbia, Mississippi, located 75 miles inland, reported mph sustained winds. Hurricane Andrew holds the title of the hurricane with the second-highest recorded wind speeds at landfall, with winds estimated at miles per hour as it crossed south Florida. Many of the instruments for measuring wind speeds were destroyed by the hurricane, which leaves the actual sustained wind speeds unknown.
The Labor Day Hurricane had estimated winds of miles per hour, the third-highest wind speed at landfall of any hurricane to strike the United States. The wind speed is estimated, using hurricanes with similar pressure readings at landfall, because of the lack of wind instruments at the time. Other United States territories and disputed territories are uninhabited and without advanced hurricane monitoring.
The U. The initial fatality number of 64 was widely disputed and considered far too low. The George Washington University, with the help of other educational institutions and Puerto Rican authorities, analyzed data and other factors to get to the current and accepted fatality count of 2, [3]. This places Hurricane Maria as the deadliest hurricane to make landfall on an inhabited U. It would also place it as the second-deadliest hurricane to strike the United States or its territories.
Along with being the deadliest hurricane, Hurricane Maria was also the costliest hurricane to hit an inhabited U.
Hurricane Maria tracked in a northwest direction across the main island of Puerto Rico. There was not a single municipality on the island that was not affected by this hurricane. The destruction was so widespread that shortly after the hurricane went through, all of Puerto Rico was declared a Federal Disaster Zone.
The Okeechobee Hurricane, also known as the San Felipe Segundo Hurricane, had the highest wind speed at landfall of any hurricane to impact an inhabited U.
It had wind speeds of miles per hour when it made landfall in Puerto Rico in Damage from the Great Galveston Hurricane Damage from the Galveston Hurricane of was caused by the hurricane itself and its resulting storm surge. Deadliest Hurricanes in U. Costliest Hurricanes in U. Damage costs adjusted for inflation to dollars. Data from NOAA.
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