Hurricanes demonstrate the enormous power of mother nature. From their enormous size to causing extreme devastation, here are 11 of the most horrific hurricanes of all time.

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11. Andrew
Only four category 5 hurricanes have made landfall in the U.S. Hurricanes are measured on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which runs from Category 1 up to Category 5. Currently it only measures the wind speeds produced by a hurricane but won’t necessarily tell you about tornadoes, or flooding or other extremely damaging things that come along with it.

10. Mitch
Hurricane Mitch struck Central American in late October 1998, earning itself the title of the second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record and the deadliest hurricane to hit the Western Hemisphere in over 200 years.

9. Great Hurricane Of 1780
Back in October 1780, before the World Meteorological Association began naming hurricanes -- or even existed, for that matter -- a powerful storm that came to be known as the Great Hurricane of 1780 tore through the Caribbean like a battering ram, ultimately claiming 20,000 lives.

8. Hugo
Hurricane Hugo was a Cape Verde storm -- a type of hurricane that forms in the deep tropics at low latitudes, resulting from a tropical wave that travels from west Africa and passes over the Cape Verde Islands. Hugo began forming on September 9, 1989, and intensified as it crossed the Atlantic. Within days, wind speeds exceeded 74 miles per hour (119 km/hr), eventually reaching sustained speeds of 190 miles per hour (305.8 km/hr), qualifying Hugo as a Category 5 storm.

7. Camille
Hurricane Camille started as a tropical wave off the African coast on August 5, 1969, moving west across the Atlantic before becoming a tropical depression south of Cuba nine days later. The next day, Camille struck western Cuba as a Category 2 Hurricane, and the storm was just getting started.

6. 1935 Labor Day Hurricane
Formally known as Hurricane Three, the Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 was the most intense hurricane on record ever to hit the U.S. in terms of pressure and one of four recorded Category 5 hurricanes to ever make landfall in the country.

5. Gilbert
On September 12, 1988, Hurricane Gilbert barreled into Jamaica, before traveling to Mexico and Texas. The storm first achieved hurricane status west of the Dominican Republic two days earlier before making landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with 175 mile- per hour winds. (281.6 km/hr).

4. Katrina
I feel bad just talking about this one! Luckily I was named before this happened and I was studying abroad that year. Hurricane Katrina was the costliest, most destructive, and one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit U.S. soil. It laid siege to the Gulf Coast, particularly the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, in late August 2005.

3. Galveston Hurricane
The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is considered the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. A Category 4 hurricane descended on the island city of Galveston, Texas on September 8 of that year with estimated wind speeds exceeding 135 miles per hour (217.3 km/hr). Over 3,600 buildings were destroyed, and fatalities numbering somewhere between 6,000 and 12,000.

2. Maria
In September 2017, a Category 5 hurricane named Maria battered the Caribbean islands of Dominica, St. Croix, and Puerto Rico. For all three, it was the worst disaster in recorded history. Maria was also the deadliest storm of the 2017 hurricane season, which also saw mass devastation at the hands of hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

1. Okeechobee Hurricane
Also known as the San Felipe Segundo hurricane, the Okeechobee hurricane of 1928 was the second deadliest recorded hurricane in the U.S. It first hit Guadeloupe, killing an estimated 1,200 people before proceeding on toward Martinique, Montserrat, and Nevis, all which sustained damages, although far less severe than the effects endured in Guadeloupe.