Most Destructive Hurricanes In The United States

  • Sea Island Hurricane

    Sea Island Hurricane
    The Sea Island Hurricane was a category 3 and the wind reached up to 120 miles per hour. It was the most devastating hurricanes in South Carolina and was $1 million to recover all the damage.
  • Galveston Hurricane

    Galveston Hurricane
    The Galveston hurricane was said to be the most destructive hurricane is U.S. history. It hit landfall just above Galveston, Texas. It was a category 4 reaching 156 miles per hour and was $30 million to repair Galveston, Texas.
  • San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane

    San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane
    San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane hit the worst in Lake Okeechobee, Florida reaching wind speed of156 miles per hour and was a category 4. The damage was $75 million to fix.
  • Great Atlantic Hurricane

    Great Atlantic Hurricane
    The Great Atlantic Hurricane hit land fall in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and Hartford, Connecticut got a foot of rain. The property damage was $100 million and destroyed a U.S. Navy Destroyer.
  • New England Hurricane

    New England Hurricane
    New England hurricane was named Long Island Express because of the amount of damage it did. The hurricane did a lot of property damage leading to $308 millions dollars to repair everything.
  • Hurricane Audrey

    Hurricane Audrey
    The property damage for hurricane Audrey was $150 million and reached wind speeds of 156 miles per hour. It created a storm surge of 8 to 12 feet which killed hundreds in Louisiana.
  • Hurricane Camille

    Hurricane Camille
    The Hurricane Camille hurricane was a category 5 and reached 256 miles per hour. Its barometric pressure was 27 and was $1.4 billion to repair property. It was the second destructive hurricane in the U.S.
  • Hurricane Agnes

    Hurricane Agnes
    Hurricane Agnes causes severe flooding in New York, Virgina, North and South Carolina that led to $2.1 billion to repair.
  • Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina
    Hurricane Katrina was $75 billion and that is said to be one of the costliest hurricanes in the U.S. Hurricane Katrina cause 33 tornados and had 14 inches of rain.
  • Hurricane Maria

    Hurricane Maria
    Hurricane Maria caused widespread destruction and had power outages that lasted for months. It was $90 billion to repair and killed 2,975 people.