Costliest U.S. Hurricanes

Bill Sullivan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:48:26 +0000

Hurricane Ike blew through the Texas Coast in the fall of 2008 and became one of the costliest storms ever to hit U.S. soil.

From Weather Underground, here’s a list of the most expensive hurricanes in American history:

Hurricane	Year	Category Storm	Cost
Katrina	2005	3	$81,000,000,000
Andrew	1992	5	$34,954,825,000
Wilma	2005	3	$20,600,000,000
Ike	2008	2	$16,200,000,000
Charley	2004	4	$14,000,000,000
Ivan	2004	3	$13,000,000,000
Rita	2005	3	$10,000,000,000
Hugo	1989	4	$9,739,820,675
Frances	2004	2	$8,860,000,000
Agnes	1972	1	$8,602,500,000

To see more about these, and to check out the rest of the list of most expensive hurricanes ever, visit Weather Underground.

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