A top 5 countdown of the most costliest hurricanes in the U.S. #extremeweather #hurricanes #hurricane #top5 #florida #texas #lousiana #puertorico #damage #destruction #costs #severeweather #flooding #countdown
#5: We begin on the Jersey shore back in October of 2012, where Sandy made landfall as the largest Atlantic tropical system on record. The price tag for Sandy, almost 86 billion.
#4: Number four on the list takes us to the northern Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. That's where Hurricane Maria made landfall as a strong category four hurricane killing nearly three, 3000 people. The price tag for Maria $111.6 billion.
#3: Number three on the list is Hurricane Ian which slammed the Southwest Florida coast in 2022 with a nearly 20 ft storm surge in the Fort Myers Beach area. More than 150 people were killed in the US and entire towns were underwater for weeks across the Florida Peninsula. The price tag for Ian, more than 150 $15 billion.
#2: Number two on the list takes us to ...