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Harvey The Second Costliest Hurricane On Record: NHC Report
Here's how it ranks against Rita, Ike, Katrina and other catastrophic storms, according to a report today by the National Hurricane Center.
HOUSTON, TX — The National Hurricane Center on Friday unveiled the all-time costliest hurricanes to hit the United States mainland since records have been kept, and last year's Hurricane Harvey is second on that list. The $125 billion of Harvey's destruction ranks only behind Hurricane Katrina, which wreaked $160 billion of havoc in 2005.
According to a report evaluating the storm's costliness, the NHC stated Katrina's cost is estimated at $160 billion after "accounting for inflation."
Ike and Rita made the all-time top 10 costliest storms to hit the U.S. mainland. Here's the chart:
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Here is an evolution of Hurricane #Harvey and the first-ever issuance of operational Storm Surge Watches and Warnings in the United States. pic.twitter.com/x8MFPhDAYg
— NHC_Surge (@NHC_Surge) January 25, 2018
Top image: People use boats to help bring items out of homes in an area where a mandatory evacuation is still under effect after flood water inundated them after torrential rains caused widespread flooding during Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey on September 3, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi on August 25, dumped around 50 inches of rain in and around areas of Houston and Southeast Texas. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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