Table 1 Top 20 deadliest CONUS TCs from 1963 to 2024
From: Continental United States direct Atlantic tropical cyclone fatalities: 1963–2024
Rank | Name | Year | CONUS fatalities | LF intensity | Surge fatalities | Rain fatalities | Wind fatalities | Named storm to LF (h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Katrina | 2005 | 520 | 3 | 516 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
2 | Camille | 1969 | 288 | 5 | 118 | 161 | 5 | *60 |
3 | Helene | 2024 | 176 | 4 | 14 | 95 | 65 | *75 |
4 | Agnes | 1972 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 2 | *72 |
5 | Betsy | 1965 | 93 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
6 | Sandy | 2012 | 74 | EX | 41 | 1 | 5 | 168 |
7 | Harvey | 2017 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 201 |
8 | Ian | 2022 | 66 | 4 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 108 |
9 | Floyd | 1999 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 5 | 204 |
10 | Ida | 2021 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 0 | *48 |
11 | Inez | 1966 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
12 | Beulah | 1967 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 312 |
13 | Allison | 2001 | 41 | TS | 0 | 27 | 0 | *9 |
14 | Irene | 2011 | 39 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 168 |
15 | Hilda | 1964 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | *96 |
16 | Matthew | 2016 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 240 |
17 | Amelia | 1978 | 33 | TS | 0 | 33 | 0 | *12 |
18 | Alberto | 1994 | 30 | TS | 0 | 30 | 0 | *36 |
19 | Andrew | 1992 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 144 |
20 | Celia | 1970 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | *48 |
