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The 5 Costliest U.S. Hurricanes

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    FBN’s Gerri Willis on the five costliest hurricanes in U.S. history.

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Are right it's too early to predict how devastating the storm Isaac will ultimately be.

But some are predicting tens of billions of dollars in damages.

In tonight's top five the costliest hurricanes in US history number five.

Hurricane Ivan in 2000 form.

The storm hit Florida and Alabama as a category three cast nearly twenty billion dollars -- number four.

Hurricane Wilma in 2005.

This category three storm hit Florida and left nearly 21 billion dollars of damages in its way.

Number three Hurricane -- back in no way this was only -- category two hurricane but hit three states Texas Louisiana Mississippi.

And cost 28 billion dollars number two taking into account inflation because -- -- some time ago hurricane Andrew.

The biggest storm to ever hit the US was a category five in 1992.

It had nearly 46 -- have left nearly 46 billion dollars in damages across Florida and Louisiana.

And the number one costliest hurricane in US history Hurricane Katrina you guessed that this was only -- category three storm when it hit seven years ago this week.

But -- devastated not only New Orleans the parts of Louisiana and Mississippi Alabama Florida.

And the entire Gulf Coast it costs more than a 105 billion dollars and was the deadliest natural disaster ever in this country.

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