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Most Intense1
Hurricanes in the United States2
(U.S. Mainland)
| Rank |
Hurricane |
Year |
Category3 |
| 1. |
Florida Keys |
1935 |
5 |
| 2. |
Camille (Miss./La./Va.) |
1969 |
5 |
| 3. |
Katrina (La./Miss.)4 |
2005 |
3 |
| 4. |
Andrew (Fla./La.) |
1992 |
5 |
| 5. |
Indianola, Tex. |
1886 |
4 |
| 6. |
Florida Keys/Tex. |
1919 |
4 |
| 7. |
Lake Okeechobee, Fla. |
1928 |
4 |
| 8. |
Donna (Fla./Eastern U.S.) |
1960 |
4 |
| 9. |
New Orleans, La. |
1915 |
4 |
| 9. |
Carla (Tex.) |
1961 |
4 |
| 11. |
Last Island, La. |
1856 |
4 |
| 11. |
Hugo (S.C.) |
1989 |
4 |
1. Intensity and category are for time of
landfall; hurricanes may have been stronger at other times.
2. 1851–2007.
3. Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale: Cat. 1
= weak; Cat. 5 = devastating.
4. While a hurricane's category is
determined by maximum sustained wind speed, its intensity is determined
by barometric central pressure. As Katrina illustrates, the two do not
have a direct one-to-one relationship.
Sources: National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA).
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