Hurricanes are a destructive force from nature that occur every year and are more prominent in the months of June through November. With those months in mind, the ocean waters are warmer and lately, have been warmer than average leaving 2017 with a very costly hurricane season.
Along with Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, thirteen other hurricanes ranging from 1965 to 2011 made the rank for the top 15 costliest hurricanes in the United States.
Hurricane Harvey, a category 4 hurricane which hit Texas this year, is estimated to cost roughly 190 billion US dollars. Another money making hurricane was Hurricane Irma which hit Florida this year as well. Irma, a category 5, is estimated to cost the United States roughly 150 billion US dollars. Shockingly, these two hurricanes are ranked the highest for the most expensive hurricanes to hit the United States. A known hurricane that greatly impacted, and still impacts the United States, is Hurricane Katrina which used to be the costliest hurricane settling at 130 billion US dollars, and now has been dropped to third place.
The rank for the costliest hurricanes goes Harvey, Irma, Katrina, Andrew, Ike, Wilma, Ivan, Charley, Irene, Rita, Agnes, Betsy, Frances, Hugo, and lastly Camille.
To look at hurricanes during the season and to see what is stirring up in the oceans, the National Hurricane Center keeps viewers updated with probability percentages of the disturbance turning into a hurricane, and if an actually hurricane is formed.
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