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1、TheTop10Hurricanes InU.S.HistoryByAllguysfrom63010GalvestonHurricane,Texas,1915275dead/11GalvestonCitizensPlace:Galveston,inthelineoffireforAtlantichurricanes,The1900hurricane,15yearsagoMeasures:SeawallResults:avoidedthehighdeathtollwiththenewlybuiltseawall.9AtlanticGulfHurricane, FloridaandG
2、ulfCoast,1919287deadCategory:4Influence:rippedthroughtheFloridaKeys,hittheFloridaStraitsandtheGulfofMexico.Falserumors:suggestingthatthestormhadmovednorthcaughtTexasresidentsoffguard,somanywereunpreparedwhenthestormmadelandfall.Toll:theofficiallyrecordednumberofvictimsis287,believedthatthetru
3、edeathtollwasmuchhigher,asanestimated500additionalpeoplewerelostatsea.8TheGrandIsleHurricane, NewOrleans,1909350deadcausedmajorfloodingthroughoutNewOrleans,similartoHurricaneKatrina,aidfromthegovernmentwasslowtoarriveinthemoredevastatedareasuntilnewsreportsbegantofocusonthehundredsofsurvivors
4、lefthomelessandindireneedofbasicnecessities.7TheGreatMiamiHurricane, Florida,1926373deadaworsetimeforFlorida.Duringthe1920s,thestatewasgoingthroughitsfirstrealestatebubble,asdeveloperspursuedambitiousandriskyprojectslikefloatinghotelsandman-madeislands.thefinalpushthatbroughtFloridaintotheGre
5、atDepression.Officialdeathtollsarefuzzybecauseofthelargetransientpopulationandnewlyunaccounted-forresidents.6HurricaneAudrey, TexasandLouisiana,1957416deadStartasatropicaldepressionintheGulfCoast,thenmadelandfallontheTexas-LouisianaborderandpushednortheastacrosstheTennesseeborder.Audreyvictim
6、shadnowarning,asnewsreportshadadvisedresidentsthatthestormwouldnotmakelandfallforfourdays,butthatverynight,Audreystruckthesoutherncoast.5TheGreatLaborDayStorm,Florida,1935400to600deadOneofonlythreeCategory5hurricanesevertohittheU.Scausedextremedamageasitdeliveredswellsof18to20ft.(5.5to6m)thro
7、ughouttheFloridaKeys.Mostofthedeaths:theFloridaOverseasRailroad,anevacuationtrainthatwassentdownfromthemainlandtorescuestrandedresidentsandworkers,whichwaswashedrightoffthetracksandsweptouttosea.408peoplediedinthatsingleincident.4TheLongIslan
