What are the most deadliest hurricanes in the last century?

Answer 1

The five deadliest storms in the past century to actually be called hurricanes were:

1. Hurricane Mitch, 1998 (19,000-21,000 dead)
2. Hurricane Fifi, 1974 (8,000-10,000 dead)
3. Hurricane Flora, 1963 (7,100-8,000 dead)
4. Okeechobee Hurricane, 1928 (4,000+ dead)
5. Cuba Hurricane, 1932 (2,500-3,100 dead)

However, "hurricanes" in other parts of the world are not called hurricanes but by different names. The generic term for such a storm is tropical cyclone. The deadliest tropical cyclones in the past century are

1. Bhola Cyclone, 1970 (300,000-500,000 dead)
2. Cyclone Nargis, 2008 (138,000 dead)
3. 1942 Bengal Cyclone (40,000 dead)
4. 1963 East Pakistan Cyclone, (22,000 dead)
5. Hurricane Mitch, 1998 (19,00-21000 dead)

Answer 2

Some of the deadliest hurricanes in the last century include Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which caused significant devastation in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, resulting in over 1,800 fatalities. The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane in Florida, with over 400 deaths, and the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 in Texas, with estimated fatalities ranging from 6,000 to 12,000, are also among the deadliest in the last century.