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Hurricanes are the most destructive forces on the planet. With the recent Hurricane Helene and the ongoing Milton wreaking utter destruction across vast areas. Much of their devastation is quantified by their burdening cost. So which hurricanes were the most costly hurricane Sandy, which is often called *** Superstorm as it weakened and became *** post tropical storm before making landfall struck the coast of New Jersey in Atlanta City in 2012. The high population density of the area and the fact that the storm was 900 miles wide at its peak led to $88.5 billion in damages. In 2017. Hurricane Maria tore across Puerto Rico as *** category four storm causing flooding and damage to hundreds of thousands of buildings and resulting in $114.3 billion worth of damage. That's roughly on par with her hurricane Ian which was also *** category four storm. It rallied through Florida and North Carolina. Back in September 2022 Fort Myers was hit with ruinous force with total damages across the affected areas reaching $118.5 billion. Hurricane Harvey, *** category four hurricane hit Texas. In 2017, the tempest brought with it massive amounts of rain leading to flash flooding and over rivers causing intense damage to the tune of 158.8 billion. And it's probably no surprise that hurricane Katrina takes the top spot for the most destructive hurricane in American history. The 2005 storm utterly devastated Louisiana and Mississippi with flooding high winds and even famously destroying *** levee in the end, costing upwards of $200 billion.
Hurricane Kristy strengthens into a Category 5 storm in the Pacific Ocean
Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 5 storm on Thursday and was expected to remain away from land as it churns in the Pacific Ocean and weakens over the coming days, forecasters said.The major hurricane was 970 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, and was moving west at 16 mph. It had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.Waves generated by Kristy were expected to affect parts of the peninsula’s west coast into the weekend, the center said, and those are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.Kristy became a tropical storm Monday off of Mexico’s southern Pacific coast before strengthening Tuesday into a hurricane as it moved over open waters. There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
MEXICO CITY —
Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 5 storm on Thursday and was expected to remain away from land as it churns in the Pacific Ocean and weakens over the coming days, forecasters said.
The major hurricane was 970 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, and was moving west at 16 mph. It had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.
Waves generated by Kristy were expected to affect parts of the peninsula’s west coast into the weekend, the center said, and those are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.
Kristy became a tropical storm Monday off of Mexico’s southern Pacific coast before strengthening Tuesday into a hurricane as it moved over open waters. There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
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