| What
History Is There Of Hurricanes |
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| North Atlantic hurricanes have had wind speeds
that are near the ones in the Northwest Pacific. From the best track on
record, both Hurricane Camille (1969) and Hurricane Allen (1980) have
winds that are estimated to be 190 mph. These measurements are not quite
as accurate as they could be because with wind speeds this high, the measuring
instruments often were completely destroyed. |
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RANK |
HURRICANE |
YEAR |
CATEGORY |
DAMAGE |
1 |
SE Florida/Alabama |
1926 |
4 |
$83,814,000,000 |
2 |
ANDREW |
1992 |
4 |
38,362,000,000 |
3 |
N Texas (Galveston) |
1900 |
4 |
30,856,000,000 |
4 |
N Texas (Galveston) |
1915 |
4 |
26,144,000,000 |
5 |
SW Florida |
1944 |
3 |
19,549,000,000 |
6 |
New England |
1938 |
3 |
19,275,000,000 |
7 |
SE Florida/Lake Okeechobee |
1928 |
4 |
15,991,000,000 |
8 |
BETSY (SE FL/LA) |
1965 |
3 |
14,413,000,000 |
9 |
DONNA (FL/Eastern U.S.) |
1960 |
4 |
13,967,000,000 |
10 |
CAMILLE (MS/LA/VA) |
1969 |
5 |
12,711,000,000 |
11 |
AGNES (NW FL, NE U.S.) |
1972 |
1 |
12,408,000,000 |
12 |
DIANE (NE U.S.) |
1955 |
1 |
11,861,000,000 |
13 |
HUGO (SC) |
1989 |
4 |
10,872,000,000 |
14 |
CAROL (NE U.S.) |
1954 |
3 |
10,509,000,000 |
15 |
SE Florida/Louisiana/Alabama |
1947 |
4 |
9,630,000,000 |
16 |
CARLA (N & Central TX) |
1961 |
4 |
8,194,000,000 |
17 |
HAZEL (SC/NC) |
1954 |
4 |
8,160,000,000 |
18 |
NE U.S |
1944 |
3 |
7,490,000,000 |
19 |
SE Florida |
1945 |
3 |
7,318,000,000 |
20 |
FREDERIC (AL/MS) |
1979 |
3 |
7,295,000,000 |