+

Cookies on the Business Insider India website

Business Insider India has updated its Privacy and Cookie policy. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the better experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we\'ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the Business Insider India website. However, you can change your cookie setting at any time by clicking on our Cookie Policy at any time. You can also see our Privacy Policy.

Close
HomeQuizzoneWhatsappShare Flash Reads
 

MAPPED: The 10 costliest hurricanes in US history

Sep 8, 2017, 23:57 IST

Advertisement
A man puts his baby on top of his car as he and a woman abandon their car after it started to float in New Orleans. A man puts his baby on top of his car as he and a woman abandon their car after it started to float when Hurricane Katrina hit the Treme area of New Orleans August 29, 2005. The White House said Monday it was willing to use the government's emergency oil stockpile to help refiners hurt by Hurricane Katrina's rampage through the Gulf of Mexico, but that it was too early to decide if or how much crude should be released. The storm slammed into New Orleans on Monday with winds of 135 mph (216 kph), shutting 91 percent of the normal 1.5 million barrels per day of crude oil production in the Gulf Coast region. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Hurricane Irma is set to make landfall in Florida this weekend as a category 4 storm after steamrolling several Caribbean islands. Florida Governor Rick Scott has warned all of his state's residents to be "prepared to evacuate" and said that Irma is "the most catastrophic storm that our state has ever seen."

Irma's anticipated landfall in Florida comes just two weeks after Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc in Texas and other states bordering the Gulf of Mexico.

Harvey is expected to cost between $70 billion and $108 billion, making it the second costliest hurricane in US history, trailing only Katrina ($160 billion), according to a note from Bank of America Merrill Lynch US economists Michelle Meyer and Alex Lin, citing National Centers for Environmental Information data. 

The US has witnessed many catastrophic and costly hurricanes throughout its history, with several causing billions of dollars in damage. 

Business Insider produced an interactive map to show where the 10 costliest hurricanes in US history made landfall and how much damage each one produced. 

Advertisement

Hover over a location to the cost of each hurricane. 

 And here's a list of those hurricanes and their costs:

 

NOW WATCH: THE BOTTOM LINE: Gary Shilling on expensive stocks and Alibaba vs. Amazon

Next Article