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Contributed by Chris Landsea

RANK	HURRICANE	YEAR	CATEGORY		DEATHS
1	TX (Galveston)	1900	4		8000	a
2	FL (SE/Lake Okeechobee)	1928	4		2500	b
3	LA (Cheniere Caminanda)	1893	4		1100-1400	c,e
4	SC/GA (Sea Islands)	1893	3		1000-2000
5	GA/SC	1881	2		700
6	FL (Keys)	1935	5		408
7	LA (Last Island)	1856	4		400	d
8	AUDREY (SW LA/N TX)	1957	4		390
9	FL (Miami)/MS/AL/Pensacola	1926	4		372
9	LA (Grand Isle)	1909	3		350
11	FL (Keys)/S TX	1919	4		287	d
12	LA (New Orleans)	1915	4		275
12	TX (Galveston)	1915	4		275
14	New England	1938	3		256	d
14	CAMILLE (MS/SE LA/VA)	1969	5		256
16	DIANE (NE U.S.)	1955	1		184
17	GA, SC, NC	1898	4		179
18	TX	1875	3		176
19	SE FL	1906	3		164
20	TX (Indianola)	1886	4		150
21	MS/AL/Pensacola	1906	2		134
22	FL, GA, SC	1896	3		130
23	AGNES (FL/NE U.S.)	1972	1		122	i
24	HAZEL (SC/NC)	1954	4		95
25	BETSY (SE FL/SE LA)	1965	3		75
26	Northeast U.S.	1944	3		64	o
27	CAROL (NE U.S.)	1954	3		60
28	FLOYD (Mid Atlantic & NE U.S.)	1999	2		56
29	NC	1883	2		53
30	SE FL/SE LA/MS	1947	4		51
31	NC, SC	1899	3		50	g,h
31	GA/SC/NC	1940	2		50
31	DONNA (FL/Eastern U.S.)	1960	4		50
34	LA	1860	2		47	g
35	NC, VA	1879	3		46	g,l
35	CARLA (N & Central TX)	1961	4		46
37	TX (Velasco)	1909	3		41
37	ALLISON (SE TX)	2001	TS	f	41
39	Mid-Atlantic	1889	none	n	40	g,l
39	TX (Freeport)	1932	4		40
39	S TX	1933	3		40
42	HILDA (LA)	1964	3		38
43	SW LA	1918	3		34
44	SW FL	1910	3		30
44	ALBERTO (NW FL, GA, AL)	1994	TS	f	30
46	SC, FL	1893	3		28	k
47	New England	1878	2		27	g,f
47	Texas	1886	2		27	g
49	FRAN (NC)	1996	3		26
50	LA	1926	3		25
50	CONNIE (NC)	1955	3		25
50	IVAN (NW FL, AL)	2004	3		25

ADDENDUM (Not Atlantic/Gulf Coast)

2	Puerto Rico	1899	3		3369	h
5	P.R. USVI	1867	3		811	i,l
5	Puerto Rico	1852	1		800	i,j
13	Puerto Rico (San Felipe)	1928	5		312
17	USVI, Puerto Rico	1932	2		225
25	DONNA (St. Thomas, VI)	1960	4		107
25	Puerto Rico	1888	1		100	g
37	Southern California	1939	TS	f	45
37	ELOISE(Puerto Rico)	1975	TS	f	44
47	USVI	1871	3		27	g

Notes:
a,Could be as high as 12,000
b,Could be as high as 3000
c,Total including offshore losses near 2000
d,Total including offshore losses is 600
e,August
f,Only of Tropical Storm intensity.
g,At least
h,Puerto Rico 1899 and NC, SC are the same storm
i,No more than
j,Possibly a total from two hurricanes
k,Mid-October
l,Could include some offshore losses
m,Four death at shoreline or just offshore
n,Remained offshore
o,Total including offshore losses is 390