Deadly Storms
The table lists hurricanes by death tolls; hurricanes that caused an unknown number of deaths are excluded.
| Name | Year | Number of deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | 1857 | 424 |
| Independence Hurricane | 1775 | 163 |
| Racer's Storm | 1837 | 90 |
| Unnamed | 1883 | 53 |
| Unnamed | 1772 | 50 |
| San Ciriaco | 1899 | 20+ |
| Unnamed | 1842 | 8 |
| Expedition Hurricane | 1861 | 7 |
| Unnamed | 1815 | 4 |
| Unnamed | 1878 | 4 |
| Unnamed | 1827 | 2 |
| Unnamed | 1876 | 2 |
| Unnamed | 1899 | 1 |
Read more about this topic: List Of North Carolina Hurricanes (pre-1900)
Famous quotes containing the words deadly and/or storms:
“I wish my deadly foe no worse
Than want of friends, and empty purse.”
—Nicholas Breton (c.1545–1626)
“In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for, that a man has to live, if he would not founder and go to the bottom and not make his port at all, by dead reckoning, and he must be a great calculator indeed who succeeds.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)