Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Wilma these are hurricanes that killed thousands
of people and caused hundreds of billions in damages.
Most of the deadliest hurricanes occur in the United States or the Caribbean.
Hurricanes or Tropical cyclones usually form over oceans in the Autumn after the seas has
been warmed up by the sun from the summer time.
When the winds move over the warm ocean water begins to evaporate and rise into the atmosphere.
This is what causes the column of clouds with low pressure beneath.
Surrounding air than rushes in creating a cycle of winds.
And this is what causes hurricanes.
So this is going to be a scary and sad list but this is the top 10 deadliest hurricanes
of all time.
So just letting you know we have some Typhoon storms on this list.
That’s because it’s the same thing.
The name for these storms is just a matter of where in the world the storms hit.
Alright starting of our list we have Hurricane Andrew that took place back in 1992, angry
Andrew comes in at number 10.
This was a Category 5 major hurricane that struck Bahamas, Florida and Lousiana.
This was the most destructive hurricane to ever hit the state until Hurricane Irma surpassed
it 25 years later.
Is this real life right now.
100 miles is a massive massive hurricane.
At the time this was the largest hurricane to hit the Bahamas Florida and Lousiana so
out of hundreds of years this hurricane was going to set all kind of records which is
very scary for us.
This hurricane took the lives of 65 people.
Next up we have a death toll of 230-500 people in Mexico when Hurricane Pauline hit back
in 1997.
She roars her way at number 9.
Hurricane Pauline was one of the deadliest pacific hurricanes to make landfall in Mexico.
This storm caused massive flooding and mudslides in some of the poorest areas of Mexico.
Its also one of the deadliest eastern pacific storms in recorded history.
Around 300,00 people were left homeless.
Next up we have a hurricane that cost a record 125 billion dollars in damages, the affects
from this hurricane is still there and this hurricane took the lives of almost 2,000 people.
We are talking about the horrifying Hurricane Katrina that took the east coast by storm
at number 8.
Hurricane Katrina was extremely destructive and a deadly category 5 hurricane that struck
the gulf coast of the united states back in 2005.
My aunt who lives in New Orleans suffered from this storm.
New Orleans was 80 percent under water.
This was the most powerful storm since the 70s when hurricane Camille hit.
This massive hurricane lasted just over 1 week and it had winds up to 280 km/h.
Along with the hurricane it spawned massive Tornadoas as well.
All the way in Pennsylvania there was 5 Tornadoes.
millions of people were left without electricity.
Something we take for granted sometimes the whole east coast of the united states lost
power.
There were hospitals that lost power and fresh water for almost 1 week.
Imagine needing surgery but youn can’t have it.
Really really scary event that unfolded that week.
Now at number 7 we have Hurricane Okeechobee that took place back in 1928.
This devastating Hurricane killed around 2,500 people.
This hurricane developed off the west coast of Africa and it strengthened into a tropical
storm eventually hitting Guadeloupe, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Florida it
seems like florida is always hit by massive hurricanes.
Many other places were affected by this hurricane even Atlantic Canada was affected.
That’s how much impact Hurricane Okeechobee had.
There was so much rain and flooding.
Some areas was 20 ft underwater.
Houses and buildings were just swept away.
Number 6 we have Hurricane Maria.
So you heard it just now, Hurricane Maria killed around 3,000 people and it caused almost
100 billion dollars in damages.
This was a category 5 major hurricane that is reguarded as being the worst natural disaster
on record to affect Dominica, and Puerto Rico.
This hurricane hit in 2017 so just last year.
Hurricane Maria was actually the third consecutive major hurricane to threaten this area which
is insane.
Its almost like watching day after tomorrow.
the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was a hyperactive and catastrophic hurricane season that totaled
up almost 300 billion dollars in damages which makes it the costliest bad weather storms
in history there was well over 3,000 deaths.
The 3 hurricanes that year was hurricane Haryvey, Irma and Maria.
A massive hurricane that caused 6 billion dollars in damages, and killing over 11,000
people along the way.
Well at number 5 we are talking about Hurricane Mitch that struck the Atlantic back in 1998.
This hurricane lasted over 2 weeks and it stayed strong throughout its disastrous course.
Hurricane Mitch is known to be the second deadliest hurricane in the Atlantic.
Hurricane Mitch formed in the western Caribbean sea and it drifted through gaining strength
as it hit central America.
Because of this storm it was estimated that Honduras was set back 50 years of its economic
development.
That’s because of how costly this storm was.
Image a storm that costs billions of dollars and now instead of taxes and money going towards
schools, health care and such it goes to re-building structures.
Historical buidlings was also affected.
Buildings that were over 350 yrs old were destroyed you can’t build back history.
The deadliest hurricane in US history but not the deadliest in the world blows its way
into number 4 on our list.
We are talking about the Great Galveston Hurricane.
I think its time we stop giving these Hurricanes human names and calling it the great hurricane.
This hurricane took place in 1900.
It was a category 4 hurricane that killed around 6,000-12,000 people.
This hurricane actually travelled a very long distance and it killed people on the east
coast of Canada as well.
The hurricane lasted almost 20 days with winds up to 230km/h.
Galveston Texas was flooded up to 12 feet of water.
That’s deeper than the deep end in most swimming pools.
Almost every house in Galveston was destroyed.
30,000 people in the city was left homeless out of the total population of 38,000.
People tried to evacuate their homes and when the storm was finally over a lot of people
found there homes totally destroyed or on its side.
The Great hurricane of 1780 destorys its way through the Atlantic taking no mercy at number
3.
This hurricane is the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record between 20,000 and 22,000 people
died in this freak of a storm.
Mother nature is a bitch sometimes.
Specifics on the hurricanes track and strength are unknown because the official Atlantic
hurricane database only went back to 1851.
But it was predicted that winds were up to 320 Km/h.
Which would actually make it the highest winds in history.
The great hurricane of 1780 hit Barbados with top winds of 320 km/h totally destroying the
island.
The wind was so powerful that the bark came right of the trees.
About 4,500 people died in Barbados.
A fleet of 40 French ships involved in the American Revolutionary war was struck during
the hurricane.
Several hundred soldiers died.
Now at number 2 we have the 1975 Typhoon Nina which is known in the Philipines as Typhoon
Bebeng.
This storm killed over 231,000 people.
There were many collapsed dams due to the heavy flooding that caused an ever bigger
problem.
This powerful storm lasted 1 week and winds got up to 250km/h and it cost China, and Taiwan
1.2 billion dollars and that was back in 1975.
Over 600,00 people was displaced.
After the storm you couldn’t recognize the city.
Everything was moved
and damaged.
With up to 500,000 people who lost there life back in 1970 we have the devastating Bhola
Cyclone that struck east Pakistan and India’s West Bengal.
Bhola Cyclone comes into this list at number 1.
This storm has been known as the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded and one of
the deadliest natural disasters as it killed half a million people.
This storm was powerful, and it last for 10 days.
Let me show you some of the footage that was released to the media.
In Tazumuddin, Bangladesh 45 percent of its population was lost to this storm which is
insane.
So that’s 167,000 people.
Winds were up to 240 km/h.
There were reports showing that weather services did not share information of the up coming
storm in time to save people.
Pakistan was not prepared at all for this storm.
Well there you guys have it.
thanks so much for watching.