Tropical storms and hurricanes lash the Gulf and East Coast states every season, but some are far more vulnerable. Here's who gets hit the most.
By MSN Money staff
The Web site Hurricane City used hurricane tracking charts from 1871 onward to rank the relative frequency of storms in the Atlantic Basin.
This list counts both tropical storms and hurricanes that came within 60 miles of the city. By that measure, for example, Grand Cayman is affected by some kind of tropical weather every 2.2 years. That doesnt mean that the city was directly hit, only that it had a brush with tropical weather. Hurricane City used direct hits as a tiebreaker.
While Grand Cayman sees the most frequent visits from tropical storms and hurricanes, the city with the most direct hits since 1871 is Florida City, Fla., directly south of Miami. It had been hit directly 21 times by the end of the 2004 season, when Hurricane City recalculated its numbers. And it took another direct hit from Hurricane Katrina just last week.
Hurricane City's storm profiles of 152 U.S. and Atlantic Basin cities is available here.
| How does your city rank? | | City | Frequency | Storms since 1871 | City | Frequency | Storms since 1871 | | 1) Grand Cayman | every 2.20 years | 61 | 26) Lake Worth, Fla. | every 2.85 years | 47 | | 2) Andros Island, Bahamas | every 2.48 years | 54 | 27) Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | every 2.85 years | 47 | | 3) Grand Bahama, Bahamas | every 2.53 years | 53 | 28) Elizabeth City, N.C. | every 2.85 years | 47 | | 4) Cape Hatteras, N.C. | every 2.53 years | 53 | 29) Jupiter, Fla. | every 2.91 years | 46 | | 5) Isle of Youth, Cuba | every 2.58 years | 52 | 30) Cozumel, Mexico | every 2.91 years | 46 | | 6) Abaco Island, Bahamas | every 2.58 years | 52 | 31) Morgan City, La. | every 2.91 years | 46 | | 7) Bermuda | every 2.58 years | 52 | 32) Cabo Corrientes, Cuba | every 2.91 years | 46 | | 8) Bimini, Bahamas | every 2.63 years | 51 | 33) Turks & Caicos, Bahamas | every 2.91 years | 46 | | 9) Merida, Mexico | every 2.63 years | 51 | 34) Nassau, Bahamas | every 2.98 years | 45 | | 10) Delray Beach, Fla. | every 2.63 years | 51 | 35) Fort Walton, Fla. | every 3.05 years | 44 | | 11) Grand Isle, La. | every 2.68 years | 50 | 36) Pensacola, Fla. | every 3.05 years | 44 | | 12) Fort Pierce, Fla. | every 2.68 years | 50 | 37) Key Largo, Fla. | every 3.05 years | 44 | | 13) Hollywood, Fla. | every 2.68 years | 50 | 38) Cat Island, Bahamas | every 3.05 years | 44 | | 14) Deerfield Beach, Fla. | every 2.68 years | 50 | 39) Vero Beach, Fla. | every 3.05 years | 44 | | 15) Boca Raton, Fla. | every 2.68 years | 50 | 40) Antigua | every 3.05 years | 44 | | 16) Florida City, Fla. | every 2.73 years | 49 | 41) Martinique | every 3.05 years | 44 | | 17) Spring Hill, Fla | every 2.73 years | 49 | 42) Barbados | every 3.05 years | 44 | | 18) Grenada | every 2.73 years | 49 | 43) Jacksonville, Fla. | every 3.05 years | 44 | | 19) Stuart, Fla. | every 2.79 years | 48 | 44) Havana, Cuba | every 3.12 years | 43 | | 20) St Martin/Maarten | every 2.79 years | 48 | 45) Port Charlotte, Fla. | every 3.12 years | 43 | | 21) Miami, Fla. | every 2.79 years | 48 | 46) Fort Myers, Fla. | every 3.12 years | 43 | | 22) Key West, Fla. | every 2.85 years | 47 | 47) Destin, Fla. | every 3.12 years | 43 | | 23) San Salvador, Bahamas | every 2.85 years | 47 | 48) Cedar Key, Fla. | every 3.12 years | 43 | | 24) Eleuthera, Bahamas | every 2.85 years | 47 | 49) Norfolk,Va. | every 3.12 years | 43 | | 25) Palm Beach, Fla. | every 2.85 years | 47 | 50) Saint John, V.I | every 3.19 years | 42 |
|
Source: HurricaneCity.com
|
