The Galveston Hurricane destroyed over 7,000 buildings, including 3,683 homes. The destruction left over 10,000 people homeless.
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The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 destroyed a large portions of South Florida. Pictured here is the destruction on Collins Avenue, Miami Beach.
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Sometimes called the “Long Island Express,” the New England Hurricane of 1938 rushed over New York to hit Connecticut and Boston with 12-foot storm surges. An estimated 600 people died in the storm.
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A particularly deadly and long lasting storm, Hurricane Hazel in 1954 killed between 400 – 1000 people in Haiti. It caused at least 95 deaths in the U.S. after it first hit Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. As it moved northward, Hazel became an extratropical storm where it killed another 100 people in Canada.
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Hurricane Donna ravaged the eastern seaboard in 1960, killing 50 people in the continental U.S. and another 107 in Puerto Rico. Donna is the only Hurricane on record to hit Florida, the Mid-Atlantic, and New England with hurricane-force winds.
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Hurricane Andrew in 1992 was one of the most destructive in recent history. The storm caused an estimated $30 billion in damage. Nearly 126,000 homes were destoryed and 180,000 people were left homeless.
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The flooded streets of New Orleans are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Katrina is currently tied with Hurricane Harvey as the costliest storm in US history – causing an estimated $125 billion.
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The remnants of a roller coaster sits in the surf three days after Hurricane Sandy came ashore in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Sandy caused an estimated $70 billion in damage, mostly in the northeastern states.
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Rescue boats float on a flooded street as people are evacuated from rising floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey. The storm reportedly displaced over 30,000 people in Texas.
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The aftermath of Hurricane Maria is seen in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico in September 2017. Maria was the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years.
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