Deadliest hurricanes on record to hit United States

Aug 26 (Reuters) - Hurricane Harvey struck coastal Texas on Friday evening as the most powerful storm to hit the U.S. mainland in more than a decade, bringing the potential for record flooding from a storm surge and rainfall.

The following list shows the deadliest hurricanes to make landfall in the United States since 1851, the earliest year for which the National Weather Service keeps such data:

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(Reporting by Taylor Harris in New York and Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by Frank McGurty and Leslie Adler)

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