That Galveston storm in 1900 was probably worse. From 6K to 12K dead, a city destroyed.
Not much use comparing catastrophes, but both were most certainly worse than Katrina.
For those hurricanes of which we have measurement records, Camille was the most powerful to strike the US.
We can’t compare hurricanes for which we don’t have the wind data, such as the Galveston or the Florida Keys hurricanes.
The most powerful storm is not necessarily the deadliest - Katrina actually was only a category 3 storm at landfall but obviously proved to be an extremely deadly storm for various reasons.
Galveston storm was weaker but hit more vulnerable area with little or no evac
and slow moving weaker storms are worse than compact stronger faster storms...sorta
having lived through Camille and seen Katrina aftermath...Katrina though weaker did more damage
what pisses me off is that Mississippi got hurt much worse dollar and area wise but the wrong color folks did the suffering