08-09-2017 20:25 via feedproxy.google.com

MAPPED: The 10 costliest hurricanes in US history

Hurricane Irma is set to make landfall in Florida this weekend as a category 4 storm after steamrolling several Caribbean islands. Florida Governor Rick Scott has warned all of his state's residents to be "prepared to evacuate" and said that Irma is "the most catastrophic storm that our state has ever seen."
Irma's anticipated landfall in Florida comes just two weeks after Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc in Texas and other states bordering the Gulf of Mexico.
Harvey is ex
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