1、The Top 10 Hurricanes In U.S. History,By All guys from 630,10,Galveston Hurricane, Texas, 1915,275 dead / 11 Galveston Citizens Place: Galveston, in the line of fire for Atlantic hurricanes, The 1900 hurricane, 15 years ago Measures: Seawall Results: avoided the high death toll with the newly built
2、seawall.,9,Atlantic Gulf Hurricane, Florida and Gulf Coast, 1919,287 dead Category : 4 Influence : ripped through the Florida Keys , hit the Florida Straits and the Gulf of Mexico. False rumors : suggesting that the storm had moved north caught Texas residents off guard, so many were unprepared when
3、 the storm made landfall. Toll : the officially recorded number of victims is 287, believed that the true death toll was much higher, as an estimated 500 additional people were lost at sea.,8,The Grand Isle Hurricane, New Orleans, 1909,350 dead caused major flooding throughout New Orleans, similar t
4、o Hurricane Katrina, aid from the government was slow to arrive in the more devastated areas until news reports began to focus on the hundreds of survivors left homeless and in dire need of basic necessities.,7,The Great Miami Hurricane, Florida, 1926,373 dead a worse time for Florida. During the 19
5、20s, the state was going through its first real estate bubble, as developers pursued ambitious and risky projects like floating hotels and man-made islands. the final push that brought Florida into the Great Depression. Official death tolls are fuzzy because of the large transient population and new
6、ly unaccounted-for residents.,6,Hurricane Audrey, Texas and Louisiana, 1957,416 dead Start as a tropical depression in the Gulf Coast, then made landfall on the Texas-Louisiana border and pushed northeast across the Tennessee border . Audrey victims had no warning, as news reports had advised reside
7、nts that the storm would not make landfall for four days, but that very night, Audrey struck the southern coast.,5,The Great Labor Day Storm, Florida, 1935,400 to 600 dead One of only three Category 5 hurricanes ever to hit the U.S caused extreme damage as it delivered swells of 18 to 20 ft. (5.5 to
8、 6 m) throughout the Florida Keys. Most of the deaths : the Florida Overseas Railroad, an evacuation train that was sent down from the mainland to rescue stranded residents and workers, which was washed right off the tracks and swept out to sea. 408 people died in that single incident.,4,The Long Is
9、land Express, New York and New England, 1938,Approximately 700 dead Named after its destructive path through Long Island It had been several decades since a hurricane of any significance had hit the northeast, and the storm came too suddenly for most residents to prepare. Winds were so strong that a
10、n entire movie theater was lifted off the ground and thrown two miles out to sea with the audience and projectionist still inside.,3,Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, 2005,1,836 dead the costliest natural disaster ever to hit the U.S. estimates of the damages now total $81 billion a Category 3 hurrica
11、ne. About 80% of historic New Orleans was covered with water ,and five years later, the region is still struggling to rebuild the devastated city.,2,San Felipe a.k.a. Okeechobee Hurricane, Florida, 1928,2,500 dead only the second hurricane to reach Category 5. Residents had returned to their homes a
12、fter hearing rumors that the storm had passed, but soon a surge of water covered hundreds of square miles around the lake. Most of the people killed in the disaster were unidentifiable migrant farm workers.,1,Galveston, Texas, 1900,6,000 to 12,000 dead this unnamed hurricane hit Galveston with winds
13、 up to 135 m.p.h. (220 km/h) and 15-ft. (4.5 m) tides that swept over Barrier Island. Unfortunately, meteorology was far from an exact science at the end of the 19th century, and they received very little warning about the storms strength. Even if one uses the low estimate of 6,000 victims, this storm remains the deadliest ever to hit the U.S. coast.,Thank you,
