which united states hurricane has caused the most deaths?how many lives did it claim..........................

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Answer 1

It might have been hurricane Rita. Let me e-mail my cousin since she went through all these hurricanes in Orange,Tx which is on the coast by Galveston. She told me she would never go through another one, but she named one that was worse than Rita. I will find out probably in the next couple of days. email me at [e-mail] Okay?

Answer 2

Galveston Hurricane 1900
This killer weather system was first detected over the tropical Atlantic on August 27. While the history of the track and intensity is not fully known, the system reached Cuba as a tropical storm on September 3 and moved into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on the 5th. A general west-northwestward motion occurred over the Gulf accompanied by rapid intensification. By the time the storm reached the Texas coast south of Galveston late on September 8, it was a Category 4 hurricane. After landfall, the cyclone turned northward through the Great Plains. It became extratropical and turned east-northeastward on September 11, passing across the Great Lakes, New England, and southeastern Canada. It was last spotted over the north Atlantic on September 15.

This hurricane was the deadliest weather disaster in United States history. Storm tides of 8 to 15 ft inundated the whole of Galveston Island, as well as other portions of the nearby Texas coast. These tides were largely responsible for the 8,000 deaths (estimates range from 6,000 to 12,000) attributed to the storm. The damage to property was estimated at $30 million...

Katrina is responsible for approximately 1200 reported deaths, including about 1000 in Louisiana and 200 in Mississippi.

Answer 3

The deadliest storm to hit the continental US, Alaska (none) or Hawaii was the great Hurricane of 1900 that hit Galveston Texas (8,000 – 12,000 killed). Katrina was one of the worst (category 5) and the most costly, but it was only the 5th deadliest storm. There is no question that it probably displaced the most people though.

According to Wikipedia:
“The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on the city of Galveston, Texas on September 8, 1900. It had estimated winds of 135 mph (215 km/h) at landfall, making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.

The hurricane caused great loss of life. The death toll has been estimated to be between 6,000 and 12,000 individuals; the number most cited in official reports is 8,000, giving the storm the third-highest number of casualties of any Atlantic hurricane, after the Great Hurricane of 1780 and 1998’s Hurricane Mitch. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is to date the deadliest natural disaster ever to strike the United States.”

In order the most deadliest hurricanes that hit the US were the great Hurricane of 1780 (22,000+ killed), 1998's Hurricane Mitch (11,000 – 18,000 killed) and the 1900 Hurricane that hit Galveston (8,000 – 12,000 killed). Hurricane Katrina was the most costliest hurricane but it only killed 1,836 people, coming in at the 5th deadliest hurricane to hit the US. The Hurricane of 1780 influenced the American Revolutionary War, but never hit the actual US coast and Hurricane Mitch was in the Gulf of Mexico and never made landfall in the US.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deadliest_Atlantic_hurricanes
"Great Hurricane of 1780
Main article: Great Hurricane of 1780
The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as the Hurricane San Calixto II, is the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. Well over 20,000 people died when the storm passed through the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean between October 10 and October 16. The hurricane struck Barbados with wind gusts possibly exceeding 200 mph (320 km/h), before moving past Martinique, Saint Lucia, and Sint Eustatius; thousands of deaths were reported on each island. "

California has had a few mild hurricanes according to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_hurricanes
though the death tolls have been in the tens at worst.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Baja_California_Peninsula_hurricanes
The deadliest hurricane that hit Baja California was Hurricane Liza in 1976 which killed 435-600+ people.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hawaii_hurricanes#Deadliest_storms
Hawaii has had a pretty safe record with less than 10 people killed per hurricane.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katarina
"Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. It was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third-strongest hurricane on record that made landfall in the United States. Katrina formed on August 23 during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and caused devastation along much of the north-central Gulf Coast. The most severe loss of life and property damage occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, which flooded as the levee system catastrophically failed, in many cases hours after the storm had moved inland. The hurricane caused severe destruction across the entire Mississippi coast and into Alabama, as far as 100 miles (160 km) from the storm's center. Katrina was the eleventh tropical storm, fifth hurricane, third major hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season...

At least 1,836 people lost their lives in Hurricane Katrina and in the subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. The storm is estimated to have been responsible for $81.2 billion (2005 U.S. dollars) in damage, making it the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history."

Answer 4

I believe it was hurricane Katrina... you could google it and find out approximately how many people died.... it was in the thousands... possibly close to tens of thousands.

wow yeah, totally forgot about Galveston... I should have known that too.

Answer 5

Galveston, Tex. in1900 a category 4 killed 8,000 people..it may have even killed 10,000 to12,000 people