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The decade featured Hurricane Andrew, which at the time was the costliest hurricane on record, and also Hurricane Mitch, which is considered to be the deadliest tropical cyclone to have its name retired, killing over 11,000 people in Central America. A total of 15 names were retired in this decade, seven during the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
In recent years, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane was Hurricane Mitch of 1998, with at least 11,374 deaths attributed to it, while the deadliest Atlantic hurricane overall was the Great Hurricane of 1780, which resulted in at least 22,000 fatalities.
Two hurricanes caused more than 2,000 deaths in the United States. Four simultaneous hurricanes on August 22, one of two times on record. 1894: 7 5 4 135.42 200+ 4 Six 3 "Florida Panhandle" 1895: 6 2 0 68.77 56 2 Two: 1896: 7 6 2 136.08 286 3 "Cedar Keys" 3 "San Ramón" 3 "Cedar Keys" 1897: 6 3 0 54.54 262 2 One: 1898: 11 5 1 113.24 562
The women were hit in an intersection with a non-working stoplight damaged in the storm, the deadliest for the state since Hurricane Hugo in 1989 South Carolina hurricane-related deaths rise to 39 ...
The deadliest hurricanes, based on National Hurricane Center information, are listed below by their rank, name, year and number of deaths. Katrina - 2005, 1,392 Audrey - 1957, 416
The deadliest hurricanes, based on National Hurricane Center information, are listed below by their rank, name, year and number of deaths. Katrina - 2005, 1,392 Audrey - 1957, 416
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...