The four most notorious, memorable hurricanes in US history
Stephanie NimsSara Tonks
ByStephanie NimsandSara Tonks
August 21, 2026Updated: August 21, 2026, 11:33 am EDTPublished: August 21, 2026, 11:20 am EDT

We asked readers and meteorologists what storms would make the "Mount Rushmore” of notorious hurricanes in the U.S., and four names came up more than any others. While some of them may be obvious, you may not have even heard of at least one of them. But they all left their mark on history in different ways, from destruction wrought to lives claimed.

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