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A death toll is the number of dead as a result of war, violence, accident, natural disaster, extreme weather, or disease.

Below is a list of death tolls for various natural disasters. Most numbers are estimates and are often in dispute. The incidents are ranked from the highest to the lowest estimate given. This list is, by necessity, somewhat biased toward the modern period, due to better reporting of events.

Some events overlap categories.

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Ten deadliest natural disasters

List excludes diseases and famines, which would otherwise occupy the entire list.

Rank Event Location Date Death Toll (Estimate)
1. 1931 Yellow River flood China 01931-01-011931 1,000,000–4,000,000*
2. 1887 Yellow River flood China 01887-01-011887, September–October 900,000–2,000,000
3. 1556 Shaanxi earthquake Shaanxi Province, China 01556-01-011556 January 23 830,000
4. 1970 Bhola cyclone Bangladesh 01970-01-011970 November 13 500,000
5. 1839 India Cyclone India 01839-01-011839 November 25 ≥ 300,000
6. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami Indian Ocean 02004-12-262004 December 26 283,100**
7. 526 Antioch earthquake Syria 00526-05-20526 May 20 250,000
8. 1976 Tangshan earthquake China 01976-07-281976 July 28 242,000***
9. 1975 Banqiao Dam failure China 01975-08-011975, August 231,000
10. 1138 Aleppo earthquake Syria 01138-01-011138 230,000

* Estimate by Nova's sources are close to four million and yet Encarta's sources report as few as one million. Expert estimates report wide variance.

** Official figure. Estimated death toll as high as 350,000.

*** Official Government figure. Estimated death toll as high as 655,000.

Deadliest natural disasters by event

Event Event name Location Date Death Toll (Estimate)
Avalanche Wellington avalanche United States 01910-03-01March 1, 1910 96
Blizzard Iran Blizzard Iran 01972-02-01February 1972 4,000
Drought 1921–1922 Soviet Union drought Soviet Union 01921-01-011921–1922 5,000,000
Earthquake Shaanxi Earthquake China 01556-01-011556 830,000
Flood 1931 Yellow River flood China 01931-01-011931 1,000,000–3,700,000
Hailstorm Roopkund, Uttaranchal India 00800-01-019th Century 200–600
Heat wave European Heat Wave of 2003 Europe 02003-01-012003 37,451
Landslide 1999 Vargas mudslide Venezuela 01999-01-011999 20,006
Limnic Eruption Lake Nyos Cameroon 01986-01-011986 1,746
Pandemic Black Death worldwide 01330-01-011330–1351 75,000,000
Tornado Saturia-Manikganj Sadar Tornado Bangladesh 01989-04-26April 26, 1989 1,300
Tropical cyclone 1970 Bhola cyclone Bangladesh 01970-11-13November 13, 1970 200,000–500,000
Tsunami Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami Indian Ocean 02004-12-26December 26, 2004 225,000
Volcano Mount Tambora Indonesia 01815-01-011815 92,000
Wildfire Peshtigo Fire United States 01871-10-08October 8, 1871 2,000

Note: The estimated death toll of Cyclone Nargis ranges from 23,330 to 600,000, the latter number making Nargis the deadliest tropical cyclone of all time. However, estimates as of May 2007 range from 80,000 to 110,000, and will likely change.

Earthquakes

Death Toll Event Location Date
$830,000 Shaanxi earthquake China 1556
$283,100 Indian Ocean earthquake & tsunamis Indian Ocean 2004
$255,000 Tangshan earthquake China 1976
$230,000 Aleppo earthquake Syria 1138
$200,000 Gansu earthquake China 1920
$200,000 Xining earthquake China 1927
$200,000 Damghan earthquake Iran 856
$150,000 Ardabil earthquake Iran 893
$137,000 1730 Hokkaidō earthquake Japan 1730
$110,000 Ashgabat earthquake Turkmenistan 1948
$105,000 Great Kanto earthquake Japan 1923
$100,000 Messina earthquake Italy 1908
$100,000 1755 Lisbon earthquake Portugal 1755
$100,000 Chihli earthquake China 1290
$87,350 2005 Kashmir earthquake Pakistan, India 2005
$85,000 Great Ansei Nankai Quakes, Japan (安政南海地震) Japan 1854
$80,000 Azerbaijan 1667
$77,000 Tabriz earthquake Iran 1727
$70,000 Gansu earthquake China 1932
$66,000 Ancash earthquake Peru 1970
$60,000 Sicily earthquake Italy 1693
$60,000 Quetta earthquake British India 1935
$50,000 Calabria earthquake Italy 1783
$40,000 Meiō Nankai, Japan (明応地震) earthquake Japan 1498
$37,000 Genroku earthquake (元禄大地震) Japan 1703
$35,000 1990 Manjil Rudbar earthquake Iran 1990
$32,962 Erzincan earthquake Turkey 1939
$30,000 Great Hōei Earthquake (宝永大地震) Japan 1707
$26,271 Bam earthquake Iran 2003
$25,000 Spitak Earthquake Armenia 1988
$25,000 Tabas earthquake Iran 1978
$23,700 Kamakura earthquake Japan 1293
$23,000 Guatemala earthquake Guatemala 1976
$≥ 20,000 (as of May 2008) 2008 Sichuan earthquake China 2008
$20,000 Gujarat earthquake India 2001
$20,000 Caracas earthquake Venezuela 1812
$20,000 Chillán earthquake Chile 1939
$18,000 Khait earthquake Tajikistan 1949
$17,118 Izmit earthquake Turkey 1999
$15,621 Tonghai earthquake China 1970
$15,000 Agadir earthquake Morocco 1960
$12,403 Qazvin earthquake Iran 1962
$5,000–12,000 Managua earthquake Nicaragua 1972
$11,600 Khorasan earthquake Iran 1968
$11,000 Naples earthquake Italy 1857
$10,700 Bihar earthquake Nepal, India 1934
$10,000 1944 San Juan Earthquake Argentina 1944
$9,748 Latur, India earthquake India 1993
$9,500 Michoacán earthquake Mexico 1985
$8,300 1847 Zenkoji earthquake Japan 1847
$7,273 Mino-Owari Earthquake Japan 1891
$7,000 Samarkand Earthquake Uzbekistan 1907
$6,800 1933 Sichuan Diexi Earthquake China 1933
$6,433 Great Hanshin earthquake Japan (Kobe) 1995
$6,234 May 2006 Java earthquake Indonesia (Yogyakarta) 2006
$5,500 1909 Boroujerd earthquake Iran 1909
$5,300 Pattan earthquake Pakistan 1974
$5,057 Ghir earthquake Iran 1972
$5,000 Pelile earthquake Ecuador 1949
$4,700 Faizabad Earthquake Afghanistan 1998
$4,562 Andishan Earthquake Uzbekistan 1902
$4,000 1906 Valparaiso Earthquake Chile 1906
$3,959 Tosya-Ladik earthquake Turkey 1943
$3,895 Fukui earthquake Japan 1948
$3,840 Van Muradiye earthquake Turkey 1976
$3,300 1929 Beinin earthquake Iran 1929
$3,276 Hsinchu-Taichung earthquake Taiwan 1935
$3,000 1906 San Francisco earthquake United States (California) 1906
$2,925 North Tango earthquake Japan 1927
$2,914 Irpinia Italy 1980
$2,824 Bolu-Gerede earthquake Turkey 1944
$2,633 El Asnam earthquake Algeria 1980
$2,400 Chi-Chi earthquake Taiwan 1999
$2,500 1992 Flores earthquake Indonesia 1992
$2,394 Varto earthquake Turkey 1966
$2,323 1998 Takhar earthquake Afghanistan 1998
$2,266 2003 Boumerdes earthquake Algeria 2003
$2,085 Diyarbakir-Lice earthquake Turkey 1975
$2,040 Neftegorsk Russia (Sakhalin) 1995
$1,961 1945 Mikawa earthquake Japan 1945
$1,800 1999 Armenia earthquake Colombia 1999
$1,641 1977 Bucharest Earthquake Romania 1977
$1,621 1990 Luzon earthquake Philippines 1990
$1,507 1982 Yemen Dhamar earthquake Yemen 1982
$1,266 Meishan earthquake Taiwan 1905
$1,100 Skopje earthquake Macedonia 1963
$1,000 Friuli earthquake Italy 1976
$845 Düzce earthquake Turkey 1999
$600 Tumaco Earthquake Colombia 1979
$571 Morocco earthquake Morocco 2004
$564 Zarand Iran 2005
$519 2007 Peru earthquake Peru 2007
$400–500 Caracas earthquake Venezuela 1641
$300 Caracas earthquake Venezuela 1967
$258 Napier earthquake New Zealand 1931
$131 Good Friday Earthquake United States (Alaska) 1964
$115 Long Beach earthquake of 1933 United States (California) 1933
$90 Caracas earthquake Venezuela 1900
$≥ 65 Sylmar earthquake United States (California) 1971
$64 Loma Prieta earthquake United States (California) 1989
$57 Northridge earthquake United States (California) 1994
$27 1872 Lone Pine earthquake United States (California) 1872
$13 Newcastle earthquake Australia 1989

Note: As of May 2007, the 2008 Sichuan earthquake is a recent event and the death toll is likely to rise.

Volcanic eruptions

Death Toll Event Location Date
$≥ 71,000 Mount Tambora (see also Year Without a Summer) Indonesia 1815
$36,000 Krakatoa Indonesia 1883
$29,000 Mount Pelée Martinique 1902
$23,000 Nevado del Ruiz Colombia 1985
$18,000 Mount Vesuvius Italy 1631
$15,000 Mount Unzen Japan 1792
$10,000 Mount Kelut Indonesia 1586
$9,350 Laki. Killed about 25% of the population (1/3 was killed about 70 years before by smallpox) Iceland 1783
$6,000 Santa Maria Guatemala 1902
$5,115 Mount Kelut Indonesia 1912
$4,000 Mount Galunggung Indonesia 1822
$3,600 Mount Vesuvius Roman Empire 79
$3,500 El Chichón Mexico 1982
$2,942 Mount Lamington Papua New Guinea 1951
$2,000 Tseax Cone Canada 1775
$1,680 Soufrière St. Vincent 1902
$1,584 Mount Agung Indonesia 1963
$1,369 Mount Merapi Indonesia 1930
$1,335 Mount Mayon Philippines 1897
$1,335 Mount Taal Philippines 1911
$1,151 Mount Asama Japan 1783
$1,000 Cotopaxi Ecuador 1887
$700 Mount Pinatubo Philippines 1991
$245 Nyiragongo Democratic Republic of the Congo 2002
$152 Mt Ruapehu, Tangiwai New Zealand 1953
$120 Mount Tarawera New Zealand 1886
$57 Mount St. Helens United States (Washington) 1980

Notes

A supervolcano eruption at Lake Toba around 74,000 years ago is thought to have wiped out as much as 99% of the global human population, reducing the population from at most 60 million to less than 10 thousand; see Toba catastrophe theory. This eruption is not listed because it occurred before recorded history. Also, the Thera eruption in the Aegean Sea between 1550 and 1650 B.C. may have caused a large number of deaths throughout the region, from Crete to Egypt. See also La Garita Caldera and Supervolcanoes.

References

Tsunamis

See Historic tsunami for more detailed information.
Death Toll Event Location Date
$ > 350,000 (sources vary) Indian Ocean earthquake with tsunami Indian Ocean 2004
$100,000 1755 Lisbon earthquake, tsunami, earthquake and fire Portugal, Morocco and United Kingdom (Cornwall) 1755
$70,000 Messina, Italy earthquake and tsunami Italy 1908
$36,000 Krakatoa volcano explosion Indonesia 1883
$30,000 Tokaido-Nankaido Japan 1707
$27,000 Japan 1826
$25,674 1868 Arica earthquake Chile 1868
$22,070 Sanriku Japan 1896
$15,030 Caused by Mount Unzen, Southwest Kyūshū Japan 1792
$13,486 Ryukyu Trench 1771
$5,233 Tokaido-Kashima Japan 1703
$5,000 Nankaido Japan 1605
$5,000 Moro Gulf Philippines 1976
$4,000 Borneo Indonesia 1952
$3,000 Papua New Guinea 1998
$3,008 Sanriku Japan 1933
$2,300 Kuril, Kamchatka Russia 1952
$2,000 Great Chilean Earthquake Chile, United States (Hawaii), Philippines and Japan 1960
$2,000 Bristol Channel United Kingdom 1607
$1,223 Tonankai Japan 1944
$549 Java earthquake Indonesia 2006
$202 Okushiri Japan 1993
$173 Aleutian Island earthquake United States (Alaska) and (Hawaii) 1946
$131 Good Friday Earthquake United States (Alaska) and (Hawaii) 1964
$102 Northern Honshu Japan 1983
$52 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake Solomon Islands 2007
$46 United States (Hawaii) 1868
28 1929 Grand Banks earthquake Placentia Bay Canada (Newfoundland) 1929
$23 Nice France 1979

Limnic eruptions

Death Toll Event Location Date
$1,746 Lake Nyos Cameroon 1986
$37 Lake Monoun Cameroon 1984

Extreme weather

Heat waves

Death Toll Event Location Date
37,451 European Heat Wave of 2003 Europe 02003-06-012003
3,418 European Heat Wave of 2006 France, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Romania 02006-01-012006
2,541 1998 India heat wave India 01998-01-011998
1,900 2003 India heat wave India 02003-01-012003
1,250–10,000 1980 United States heat wave United States 01980-01-011980
1,000–1,500 1987 Mediterranean heat wave Greece, Bosnia, Serbia, Turkey, Italy 01987-01-011987
over 1,000 1994 East Asia heat wave China, Japan, South Korea 01994-01-011994
739 Chicago Heat Wave of 1995 United States (Chicago, Illinois) 01995-01-011995
500 Hungary Heat Wave of 2007 Hungary 02007-01-012007
437 Southern regions, Australia 1895–1896 Australia 01895-01-011895–1896
380 Northern Mexico Heat Wave of 1990 Mexico 01990-01-011990

Hail

Death Toll Event Location Date
200–600 Roopkund, Uttaranchal India 00801-01-019th century
246 Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh India 01888-01-011888
25 Henan Province China 02002-01-012002

Storms (non-cyclone)

Death Toll Event Location Date
15,100 Torrential rains and mudslides Venezuela 1999
669 (and 695 missing) Heavy storms ("Winnie") Philippines 2004
500 Lofoten, Heavy storm Norway 1849
≥ 250 Great Lakes Storm of 1913 United States and Canada (Great Lakes region) 1913
210 Trøndelag, storm ("Follastormen") Norway 1625
189 Eyemouth, Scotland, storm ("Black Friday") United Kingdom 1881
140 Trøndelag, storm ("Titran disaster") Norway 1899
96 Lofoten, storm Norway 1868
30 Haugesund, storm ("Røvær disaster") Norway 1899
26 Vesterålen, storm Norway 1802
~20 2007 Hunter region and Central Coast storms Australia 2007

Tornadoes

Death Toll Event Location Date
$1,300 The Saturia-Manikganj Sadar Tornado Bangladesh; Manikganj 1989
$695 The Tri-State Tornado United States; MO–IL–IN 1925
$600 The Malta Tornado Malta 1551
$500 The Sicily Tornado Italy 1851
$500 The Narail-Magura Tornadoes Bangladesh (Jessore) 1964
$500 The Comoro Tornado Comoro 1951
$440 The Tangail Tornado Bangladesh 1996
$400 Ivanovo, Yaroslavl Tornado Russia 1984
$317 The Great Natchez Tornado United States; LA–MS 1840
$255 The St. Louis – East St. Louis Tornado United States; MO–IL 1896
$233 The Tupelo Tornado United States; MS 1936
$203 The Gainesville Tornado United States; GA 1936
$181 Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes United States; TX–OK–KS 1947
$165 Casamance Tornado Senegal 1999
$160 The Chakislampur-Goborghata Tornado India; West Bengal-Orissa 1998
$150 The Purunabandha and Keonjhargarh Tornadoes India; Orissa 1978
$143 The 1908 Southeast tornado outbreak United States; LA–MS, USA 1908
$139 The Assam Tornado India Assam 1963
$118 The Dhaka Tornado Bangladesh 1888
$117 The New Richmond Tornado United States; WI 1899
$115 The Flint Tornado United States; MI 1953
$114 The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak United States; TX 1953
$114 The Goliad Tornado United States; TX 1902
$94 The Worcester Tornado United States; MA 1953
$59 The 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak United States; TN AR KY AL 2008
$54 The San Justo Tornado Argentina 1973

Cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons

Death Toll Event Location Date
500,000 500,000 Bhola cyclone Bangladesh (East Pakistan) 1970
300,000 300,000 1839 Coringa cyclone India 1839
300,000 300,000 cyclone Vietnam 1881
300,000 300,000[1] 1737 Calcutta cyclone India 1737
229,000 229,000 Super Typhoon Nina—contributed to Banqiao Dam failure China 1975
200,000 200,000[2] 1876 Bengal cyclone present day Bangladesh 1876
138,866 138,866 1991 Bangladesh cyclone Bangladesh 1991
015,000 ~100,000 Cyclone Nargis Myanmar 2008
060,000 60,000 1922 Swatow Typhoon China 1922
060,000 60,000 1864 Calcutta cyclone India 1864
050,000 50,000 1912 Wenzhou typhoon China 1912
040,000 40,000 1942 Bengal Calcutta cyclone India 1942
022,000 22,000 Great Hurricane of 1780 Barbados, Martinique, Sint Eustatius 1780
017,000 19,270 1965 East Pakistan cyclone Bangladesh (East Pakistan) 1965
018,277 18,277 Hurricane Mitch Honduras, Nicaragua 1998
014,202 14,202 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone India 1977
011,520 11,520 1963 East Pakistan cyclone Bangladesh (East Pakistan) 1963
011,468 11,468 1961 East Pakistan cyclone Bangladesh (East Pakistan) 1961
011,149 11,149 1960 East Pakistan cyclone Bangladesh (East Pakistan) 1960
011,069 11,069 1985 Bangladesh cyclone Bangladesh 1985
011,000 11,000 Great Hong Kong Typhoon of 1937 Hong Kong, China 1937
010,000 10,000 1965 Karachi cyclone Pakistan 1965
010,000 10,000 typhoon Hong Kong 1906
009,803 9,803 1999 Orissa Kendrapara cyclone India 1999
009,658 9,658 1971 Bengal Orissa cyclone India 1971
008,000 8,000 Galveston Hurricane of 1900 United States (Texas) 1900
008,000 8,000 Hurricane San Zenón Dominican Republic 1930
008,000 8,000 Hurricane Fifi Honduras 1974
007,186 7,186 Hurricane Flora Haiti, Cuba 1963
006,315 6,315 Tropical Storm Thelma Philippines 1991
005,708 5,708 1988 Bangladesh cyclone Bangladesh 1988
005,149 5,149 1960 Chittagong cyclone Bangladesh 1960
005,098 5,098 Typhoon Vera Japan 1959
004,950 4,950 Super Typhoon Wanda China, Taiwan 1956
004,170 4,170 Newfoundland Hurricane Canada, United States 1775
004,140 4,140 Cyclone Sidr Bangladesh, India 2007
004,075 ≥ 4,075 Lake Okeechobee Hurricane United States, Bahamas 1928
003,433 3,756 1945 Makurazaki Typhoon Japan 1945
003,433 3,433 Hurricane San Ciriaco Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic 1899
003,107 3,107 1932 Cuba Hurricane Cuba 1932
003,037 3,037 Hurricane Jeanne Haiti 2004
003,036 3,036 1934 Muroto Typhoon Japan 1934
003,000 3,000 hurricane Atlantic Ocean 1782
003,000 3,000 hurricane Cuba 1791
003,000 3,000 1737 Calcutta cyclone India 1737
002,871 2,871 1998 Maharasthra, Gujarat cyclone India 1998
002,700 2,700 1926 Myanmar cyclone Myanmar 1926
002,500 2,500 Great Caribbean Hurricane Caribbean, Cuba, United States 1831
002,500 2,500 Sea Islands Hurricane United States (Georgia, South Carolina) 1893
002,500 2,500 hurricane Belize 1931
002,500 2,500 1996 Andhra Pradesh cyclone India 1996
002,388 2,388 1737 Calcutta cyclone India 1737
002,150 2,150 hurricane Caribbean 1935
002,060 2,060 Hurricane David Dominican Republic, United States 1979
002,000 2,000–3,000 1934 Central America Hurricane Belize, Guatemala 1934
002,000 2,000 hurricane Gulf of Mexico 1780
002,000 2,000 hurricane United States (Florida) 1781
002,000 2,000 hurricane Cuba, United States (Florida) 1870
002,000 2,000 Chenier Caminada Hurricane United States (Louisiana) 1893
001,930 1,930 Typhoon Kathleen Japan 1947
001,836 ≥ 1,836 Hurricane Katrina United States (Louisiana, Mississippi) 2005
001,761 1,761 Typhoon Marie Japan 1954
001,716 1,716 Typhoon Iris China (Fujian) 1959
001,620 1,620 Hurricane Stan Mexico, Guatemala 2005
001,600 1,600 Typhoon Mary China 1960
001,500 1,500 hurricane Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico 1909
001,497 1,497 Typhoon Durian Philippines, Vietnam 2006
001,363 1,363 Typhoon Ike Philippines 1984
001,269 1,269 Typhoon Ida Japan 1958
001,200 1,200 Hurricane Hazel Grenada, Bahamas, Haiti, United States, Canada 1954
001,177 1,177 Typhoon Fred China, Taiwan 1994
001,167 1,167 Typhoon Agnes Philippines, Vietnam 1984
001,163 1,163 Cyclone Yemyin Pakistan, Afghanistan, India 2007
001,145 1,145 Hurricane Gordon Haiti, United States 1994
001,115 1,115 hurricane Jamaica, Cuba 1780
001,104 1,104 1936 Korean Peninsula typhoon North Korea, South Korea 1936
001,075 1,075 Typhoon Ellen Taiwan 1959
001,070 1,070 1968 Arakan Cyclone Myanmar 1968
001,060 1,060 Typhoon Gay Thailand, India (Andaman) 1989
001,036 1,036 Typhoon Nina Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau 1987
001,000 1,000 Hurricane Inez Guadeloupe, Mexico 1966
001,000 1,000 1936 Arakan Cyclone Myanmar 1936
000,957 957 Cyclone 02B India 1990
000,943 943 Typhoon Ruth Japan 1951
000,921 921 hurricane Greater Antilles, Mexico 1888
000,915 915 Typhoon Kate Philippines 1970
000,911 911 Typhoon Harriet Thailand 1962
000,884 884 Super Typhoon Angela Philippines, Viet Nam 1995
000,874 874 Typhoon Bilis China, Philippines, Viet Nam 1997
000,838 838 Typhoon Ion Japan 1948
000,798 798 Typhoon Cecil Vietnam 1985
000,768 768 Typhoon Sarah South Korea, Japan 1959
000,768 768 Typhoon Joan Philippines, China (Hainan) 1970
000,748 748 Typhoon Mike Philippines 1990
000,739 739 1902 Yangon Cyclone Myanmar 1902
000,735 735 Typhoon Ruby Hong Kong, China 1964
000,709 709 1926 Havana-Bermuda Hurricane Cuba, Bermuda 1926
000,700 700 hurricane United States (Georgia) 1881
000,700 700 hurricane Greater Antilles 1891
000,682 682 New England Hurricane of 1938 United States 1938
000,613 613 Typhoon Patsy Philippines 1970
000,604 604 Hurricane Georges Greater Antilles 1998
000,600 ≥ 600 hurricane United States (Florida, Gulf Coast States) 1919
000,600 600 Hurricane Fox Cuba 1952
000,583 583 Typhoon Sening Philippines 1970
000,539 539 Typhoon Jane Japan 1950
000,538 538–680 Hurricane Janet Honduras, Mexico 1955
000,526 526 Typhoon Titang Philippines 1970
000,458 458 Typhoon Saomai China 2006
000,445 445 Typhoon Kent China 1995
000,424 424 hurricane United States (North Carolina) 1857
000,408 408 Labor Day Hurricane United States (Florida) 1935
000,400 400 Last Island Hurricane United States (Louisiana) 1856
000,400 400 Cyclone Mahina Australia 1899
000,400 400 hurricane United States (Texas) 1915
000,399 399–550 Hurricane Audrey United States (Louisiana) 1957
000,390 390 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane Canada, United States (New England, North Carolina, New York), 1944
000,387 387 hurricane United States 1866
000,383 383 hurricane Windward Islands 1898
000,364 364 Hurricane Donna Caribbean, Bahamas, United States 1960
000,350 350 Grand Isle Hurricane United States (Louisiana) 1909
000,345 345 Typhoon Zita Hong Kong, China 1997
000,318 318 Hurricane Gilbert Jamaica, Mexico 1988
000,318 318 Pinar del Río Hurricane of 1944 Cuba, Cayman Islands, United States (Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), 1944
000,304 304 Hurricane Hilda Hispaniola, Cuba, Mexico 1955
000,275 275 Hurricane Hattie Belize 1961
000,274 274 Hurricane Allen Caribbean, United States 1980
000,265 265–350 Great Miami Hurricane United States 1926
000,256 256 Hurricane Camille United States 1969
000,252 ≥ 252 Hurricane Charlie