Storms to Remember
Damages are listed in dollars at the time of the storm.
Floyd: 1999, Carolinas to New England; $3 billion-$6 billion damage, 57-69 dead, mostly from flooding; largest U.S. loss of life since Agnes in 1972.
Mitch: 1998, Central America; 9,000-plus dead, most from flooding, landslides and mudslides. Millions homeless. More than $6 billion in damage. Deadliest storm in more than two centuries.
Opal: 1995, Florida Panhandle, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina; 20 dead, $3 billion damage; another 50 killed by floods in Guatemala and Mexico.
Andrew: 1992, Bahamas, Florida, Louisiana; 26 direct deaths, 62 indirect; $30.5 billion damage, at least $16 billion just in southern Dade County, where 250,000 were left homeless. Third most powerful hurricane to strike the United States.
David: 1979, Dominican Republic, Dominica and Florida, including Palm Beach County; 1,200 dead.
Camille: 1969, Mississippi and Louisiana; 256 dead; $3.8 billion in damage. Second most powerful storm ever to strike U.S.
1949 storm: South and Central Florida; two dead, $52 million damage. Last major hurricane to strike Palm Beach County.
1947 storm: South Florida and Georgia; 50 dead, 17 in Florida. Along with another hurricane and a tropical storm, all in a five-week period, the 1947 storm caused the worst flooding on record and led to creation of the South Florida Water Management District.
Labor Day storm: 1935, Florida Keys; at least 400 dead. Most powerful storm ever to strike the U.S. and one of only two Category 5 storms (with Camille) to do so.
The Night 2,000 Died: 1928, West Indies and Florida; at least 6,000 dead, 1,800 to 3,000 of them in Glades when Lake Okeechobee dike failed. Third deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. $50 million damage.
1926 storm: Florida and Alabama; 372 killed. Miami devastated. $1.2 billion in damage.
Compiled by the Palm Beach Post
