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Updated: 6 Oct 2017
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Andrew 1992
Andrew struck Florida
destroying more than 25,000
homes and killing 26 people
in the U.S as of press time,
it was the last storm to strike the country
as a Category 5.Ivan 2004
Ivan hit Florida
and Alabama
with a 10- to 15-foot
storm
surge, or rising
sea level due
to wind and
pressure
changes.
25 died, and
2 million lost power.
Another major
storm, Charley had
struck the region
earlier that year.Katrina 2005
Katrina came ashore near
the Louisiana- Mississippi
border. It caused more than
108 billion in damage
Two other intense
hurricanes, Rita,m and Wilma,
struck the South that seasonIKE 2008
IKE battered Texas
Lousiana, Arkansas
particularly hard, killing
28 and knocking out power
for nearly 3 million.IRENE 2011
Irene affected
nearly every
state along
the U.S east coast
from
Florida to Maine.
More than
40 died due to
the storm
and nearly 6
million lost power.Sandy 2012
Sandy was the largest
hurricane on record at nearly
1000 miles across. New York
and New Jersey took
especially heavy damage.
Streets and subways in
New York City flooded.
71 people diedMatthew 2016
Matthew struck the
southeastern U.S., causing
widespread flooding that
devastated North Carolina.
47 people lost their lives.
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