These are the most costly hurricanes in US history
Bradenton, Florida, Police Chief Melanie Bevan discusses the damage caused by Hurricane Milton on Cavuto: Coast to Coast.
Hurricane season is in full force, with the U.S. dealing with the aftermath of a pair of damaging and deadly hurricanes in quick succession.
The southeastern U.S. has been hit by back-to-back hurricanes in recent weeks, with Hurricane Helene bringing devastating flooding to parts of North Carolina and Tennessee two weeks ago, while Hurricane Milton spawned a number of damaging tornadoes even as Florida's Gulf Coast was spared the worst of its storm surge when it made landfall Wednesday.
The economic toll of those two hurricanes is still being tabulated as insurance claims come in amid the cleanup while businesses and schools return to normal operations.
While the 2024 hurricane season's storms to date have brought both a human and economic toll to impacted areas, they fortunately haven't ranked among the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history. Here's a look at the most economically costly hurricanes in U.S. history.
In this aerial view, flood waters inundate a neighborhood after Hurricane Milton came ashore on October 10, 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images / Getty Images)
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Hurricane Harvey struck the southern and eastern U.S., particularly Texas and Louisiana, in 2017. It brought catastrophic flooding caused by rainfall in the Houston metro area and remains the wettest tropical cyclone the U.S. has experienced.
People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty
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