www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadly.shtml31 Deadliest Atlantic Hurricanes / Tropical Cyclones (1492-2006)
Name / Areas of Largest Loss Dates Deaths
"Great Hurricane" Martinique, Barbados, St. Eustatius 10-16 Oct 1780 22000
Great Galveston Hurricane 8 Sep 1900 8000-12000
Mitch: Honduras, Nicaragua 10/22 - 11/5 1998 9086
Fifi: Honduras 14-19 Sep 1974 8000-10000
Dominican Republic 1-6 Sep 1930 8000
Flora: Haiti, Cuba 9/30-10/8 1963 8000
Pointe-a-Pitre Bay, Guatemala 6 Sep 1776 6000
Newfoundland Banks 9-12 Sep 1775 4000
Puerto Rico, Carolinas 8-19 Aug 1899 3433
FL, PR, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Turks 12-17 Sep 1928 3411
Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica 4-10 Nov 1932 3107
Jeanne: Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Florida 13-29 Sep 2004 3000
Central Atlantic 16-17 Sep 1782 3000
Martinique Aug 1813 3000
El Salvador, Honduras 4-8 Jun 1934 3000
Western Cuba 21-22 Jun 1791 3000
Barbados 10-11 Aug 1831 2500
Belize 6-10 Sep 1931 2500
Haiti, Honduras, offshore Jamaica 19-25 Oct 1935 2150
David: Dominican Republic, Dominica, US 8/29-9/5 1979 2068
Offshore Florida (?) 1781 2000
Sea Islands Hurricane: South Carolina, Georgia 27-28 Aug 1893 2000-2500
Eastern Gulf of Mexico 17-21 Oct 1780 2000
Cuba 7-8 Oct 1870 2000
Chenier Caminanda Hurricane: Louisiana 1-2 Oct 1893 2000
Guadeloupe, Martinique 14-15 Aug 1666 2000
Katrina: Louisiana, Mississippi Aug 23-31 2005 1833
Martinique Aug 1767 1600
Mexico 28 Aug 1909 1500
W Cuba, Straits of FL Oct 1644 1500
Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico 26 Jul 1825 1300
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