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1、TheTop10HurricanesInU.S.HistoryByAllguysfrom63010GalvestonHurricane,Texas,1915275dead/11GalvestonCitizensPlace:Galveston,inthelineoffireforAtlantichurricanes,The1900hurricane,15yearsagoMeasures:SeawallResults:avoidedthehighdeathtollwiththenewlybuiltseawall.9AtlanticGulfHurricane,F
2、loridaandGulfCoast,1919287deadCategory:4Influence:rippedthroughtheFloridaKeys,hittheFloridaStraitsandtheGulfofMexico.Falserumors:suggestingthatthestormhadmovednorthcaughtTexasresidentsoffguard,somanywereunpreparedwhenthestormmadelandfall.Toll:theofficiallyrecordednumberofvictimsis28
3、7,believedthatthetruedeathtollwasmuchhigher,asanestimated500additionalpeoplewerelostatsea.8TheGrandIsleHurricane,NewOrleans,1909350deadcausedmajorfloodingthroughoutNewOrleans,similartoHurricaneKatrina,aidfromthegovernmentwasslowtoarriveinthemoredevastatedareasuntilnewsreportsbegant
4、ofocusonthehundredsofsurvivorslefthomelessandindireneedofbasicnecessities.7TheGreatMiamiHurricane,Florida,1926373deadaworsetimeforFlorida.Duringthe1920s,thestatewasgoingthroughitsfirstrealestatebubble,asdeveloperspursuedambitiousandriskyprojectslikefloatinghotelsandman-madeislands.
5、thefinalpushthatbroughtFloridaintotheGreatDepression.Officialdeathtollsarefuzzybecauseofthelargetransientpopulationandnewlyunaccounted-forresidents.6HurricaneAudrey,TexasandLouisiana,1957416deadStartasatropicaldepressionintheGulfCoast,thenmadelandfallontheTexas-Louisianaborderandpu
6、shednortheastacrosstheTennesseeborder.Audreyvictimshadnowarning,asnewsreportshadadvisedresidentsthatthestormwouldnotmakelandfallforfourdays,butthatverynight,Audreystruckthesoutherncoast.5TheGreatLaborDayStorm,Florida,1935400to600deadOneofonlythreeCategory5hurricanesevertohittheU.Sca
7、usedextremedamageasitdeliveredswellsof18to20ft.(5.5to6m)throughouttheFloridaKeys.Mostofthedeaths:theFloridaOverseasRailroad,anevacuationtrainthatwassentdownfromthemainlandtorescuestrandedresidentsandworkers,whichwaswashedrightoffthetracksandsweptouttosea.408peoplediedinthatsingleinc
8、ident.4TheLongIslan