Deadliest Atlantic Hurricanes

National Hurricane Center publication: The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492 - Present

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

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