There's a new entry in the 10 most expensive hurricanes in U.S. history
Hurricane Ian, which thrashed
Causing damage estimated so far at
The national centers bases its estimates on reports from other federal and state government agencies, the insurance industry and other sources. It updated its annual report on Tuesday.
Of the 10 costliest storms in
But it's not just coastal states where damage mounts. Once a hurricane comes ashore and weakens, it is cut off from the warm seawater that fuels it but still carries immense amounts of moisture. As it moves hundreds of miles inland and tears apart, it continues to dump that moisture in the form of phenomenal rain that floods creeks and rivers, causing even more damage.
Ranked here, by estimated damage in 2022 dollars, are what the
10. Ivan, 2004,
Ivan made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane just west of
Then an extratropical low-pressure remnant of Ivan drifted southward in the western
9. Ike, 2008,
Ike came ashore at the north end of
8. Andrew, 1992,
Andrew blasted south
7. Irma, 2017,
Hurricane Irma was big, slow and long-lived. It made its first
6. Ida, 2021,
Ida roared into
5. Sandy, 2012,
At its strongest, Sandy was a Category 3 hurricane in the
Nonetheless, it wreaked havoc throughout the
4. Maria, 2017,
In just 18 hours, Maria intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 5 hurricane before slipping to Category 4 on
3. Ian, 2022,
Hurricane Ian powered up the
2. Harvey, 2017,
Harvey was the first major hurricane to strike the middle
The storm slowed then meandered over land near the coast for two days before moving offshore. As a tropical storm, it made another landfall in
1. Katrina, 2005,
By far the costliest hurricane in
Much of Katrina's destruction was due to the failure of federal levees in
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