10 Natural Disasters

  • Last Island Hurricane

    Last Island Hurricane
    The Last Island hurricane killed 400 people after slamming into Louisiana coast in August 1856.
  • Georgia/South Carolina hurricane

    Georgia/South Carolina hurricane
    It was a category 2 storm, and killed at least 700 people. It struck the coast of Georgia.
  • Sea Islands Hurricane

    Sea Islands Hurricane
    Hurricane Sea Islands struck Savannah, Georgia, in August 1893. The category 3 storm reached wind speeds of 121mph. It killed approximately 2,000 people and 30,000 people were left homeless.
  • Cheniere Caminada hurricane

    Cheniere Caminada hurricane
    The storm destroyed a fishing community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana in October 1893. It was a category four hurricane and killed approximately 2,000 people.
  • Great Galveston Hurricane

    Great Galveston Hurricane
    Hit the Island City on the Gulf Coast of Texas on September 8, 1900. This is one of the worse hurricanes to ever hit because it killed an approximately 8,000-12,000 people.
  • Okeechobee Hurricane

    Okeechobee Hurricane
    The storm killed at least 2,500 people when it went over Puerto Rico and the Southern United states in 1928. The lake surge in Florida killed 1,836 people, and 312 died in Puerto Rico. It caused $50 million in property damage in Puerto Rico and 25 million in Florida.
  • Labor Day hurricane

    Labor Day hurricane
    Labor Day hurricane passed through Florida in September 1935. It caused the deaths of 408 people and did an estimated 6 million in damage.
  • Hurricane Audrey

    Hurricane Audrey
    Hurricane killed 416 people in June 1957. It went through Louisiana and Texas and it made 150 million in damages.
  • Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina
    It hit the Gulf coast in August 2005, it is responsible for1,200 deaths. The destruction mostly occurred in New Orleans and other Louisiana communities, but Mississippi, Alabama and Florida were affected as well. The destruction was mostly due to flooding from storm surges and levee failures.
  • Hurricane Maria

    Hurricane Maria
    Category 4 hurricane that hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. Around 2,975 people died due to the hard hitting storm.