Each year, between June 1 and November 30 Hurricane Season threatens the Atlantic Coast. From Katrina, Sandy and Andrew, what have been the costliest Atlantic Hurricanes?
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2. Date: August 23-30, 2005
Area affected: Greater New Orleans,
Louisiana & Mississippi
Damage: 105-108 Billion Dollars
#1 Hurricane Katrina
3. Work crews begin to clean up the destruction left by
Hurricane Katrina, Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, in Gulfport,
Miss. (AP Photo)
4. Neighborhoods are flooded with oil and water two weeks after Hurricane
Katrina went though New Orleans, Monday, Sept 12, 2005. (AP Photo)
5. Residents wait on a rooftop to be rescued from the floodwaters of
Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. (AP Photo)
6. Date: October 22-31, 2012
Area affected: New Jersey, New York, Mid-
Atlantic
Damage: 50-75 Billion Dollars
# 2 Hurricane Sandy
7. A survey of the destruction left in the wake of superstorm Sandy, in
Seaside Heights, N.J. (AP Photo)
8. Date: September 1-14, 2008
Area Affected: Florida Keys, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi & Ohio
Valleys
Damage: 27-37 Billion Dollars
#3 Hurricane Ike
9. Tommy Scarborough supports himself on a post while he gets a lift from
the strong winds created by the approaching Hurricane Ike in Bacliff,
Texas. (AP Photo)
10. Date: October 15-26, 2005
Area Affected: Florida and East Coast
Damage: 20-29 Billion Dollars
#4 Hurricane Wilma
11. Patti Laws stands in what was the living room of her Dania Beach, Fla.
mobile home after Hurricane Wilma moved through the area. (AP Photo)
12. Meteorologist Daniel Brown looks at an infrared satellite image of
Hurricane Wilma, at the National Hurricane Center, in Miami. (AP Photo)
13. Date: August 16-28, 1992
Area Affected: Florida, Louisiana, Southern
States
Damage: 26-45 Billion Dollars
# 5 Hurricane Andrew
14. A sailboat sits on a sidewalk Aug. 24, 1992 at Dinner Key in Miami
after it was washed ashore by Hurricane Andrew. (AP Photo)
15. Date: September 2-24, 2004
Area Affected: Florida and Alabama
Damage: 19-23 Billion Dollars
#6 Hurricane Ivan
16. Piles of debris from Hurricane Ivan remain scattered about Pensacola Beach, Fla. (AP
Photo)
17. An SUV covered by sand by Hurricane Ivan, Sept. 22, 2004 in
Pensacola Beach, Fla. Beach. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
18. Date: August 20-28, 2011
Affected Area: Eastern US
Damage: 16-17 Billion Dollars
# 7 Hurricane Irene
19. Two men use a boat to explore a street flooded by Hurricane Irene
Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 in Monteo, N.C. (AP Photo)
20. Date: August 9-14, 2004
Affected Area: Florida, South Carolina,
North Carolina
Damage: 15-16 Billion Dollars
# 8 Hurricane Charley
21. Hurricane Charley plowed through Port Charlotte, Fla. leaving behind a
path of destruction. (AP Photo)