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March 20, 2009

Filed under: Retired Hurricanes — admin @ 9:35 am

 

The following list includes all the retired Atlantic hurricanes total damages done in 2005 and now :

Name

Season

Damages (at the time)

Damages (2008 USD)

Katrina

2005

$81.2 billion

$81.2 billion

Andrew

1992

$26.5 billion

$52.4 billion

Ike

2008

$31.5 billion

$31.5 billion

Wilma

2005

$29.1 billion

$29.1 billion

Hugo

1989

$10.0 billion

$15.6 billion

Charley

2004

$15.0 billion

$15.4 billion

Ivan

2004

$14.2 billion

$14.6 billion

Rita

2005

$10.0 billion

$10.0 billion

Agnes

1972

$2.1 billion

$9.6 billion

Frances

2004

$8.9 billion

$9.1 billion

Betsy

1965

$1.42 billion

$8.5 billion

Gilbert

1988

$5 billion

$8.1 billion

Camille

1969

$1.42 billion

$7.5 billion

Jeanne

2004

$6.9 billion

$7.1 billion

Georges

1998

$5.9 billion

$6.8 billion

Frederic

1979

$2.3 billion

$6.5 billion

Mitch

1998

$5 billion

$5.8 billion

Diane

1955

$832 million

5.7 billion

Allison

2001

$5 billion

$5.4 billion

Floyd

1999

$4.5 billion

$5.1 billion

Dennis

2005

$5.0 billion

$5.0 billion

David

1979

$1.54 billion

$4.4 billion

Fran

1996

$3.2 billion

$3.9 billion

Alicia

1983

$2 billion

$3.8 billion

Fifi

1974

$900 million

$3.7 billion

Opal

1995

$3 billion

$3.7 billion

Isabel

2003

$3.4 billion

$3.6 billion

Carol

1954

$461 million

$3.2 billion

Flora

1963

$529 million

$3.2 billion

Joan

1988

$2 billion

$3.2 billion

Luis

1995

$2.5 billion

$3.1 billion

Hazel

1954

$381+ million

$2.6 billion

Donna

1960

$400 million

$2.5 billion

Allen

1980

$1 billion

$2.5 billion

Celia

1970

$450 million

$2.3 billion

Michelle

2001

$2 billion

$2.2 billion

Bob

1991

$1.5 billion

$2.1 billion

Eloise

1975

$550 million

$2.1 billion

Carla

1961

$325 million

$2.0 billion

Marilyn

1995

$1.5 billion

$1.9 billion

Roxanne

1995

$1.5 billion

$1.9 billion

Gloria

1985

$900 million

$1.9 billion

Dean

2007

$1.5 billion

$1.4 billion

Stan

2005

$1.5 billion

$1.5 billion

Inez

1966

$217 million

$1.3 billion

Cleo

1964

$198.5 million

$1.2 billion

Beulah

1967

$207.7 million

$1.1 billion

Audrey

1957

$150 million

$1.0 billion

Lili

2002

$860 million

$920 million

Dora

1964

$250 million

$910 million

Elena

1985

$450 million

$800 million

Hilda

1964

$126 million

$760 million

Noel

2007

$680 million

$680 million

Carmen

1974

$152 million

$630 million

Ione

1955

$88 million

$600 million

Hortense

1966

$500 million

$600 million

Lenny

1999

$330 million

$380 million

Isidore

2002

$330 million

$350 million

Connie

1955

$50 million

$345 million

Janet

1955

$47.8 million

$330 million

Fabian

2003

$300 million

$320 million

Edna

1954

$40 million

$280 million

Keith

2000

$225 million

$250 million

Juan

2003

$200 million

$210 million

Iris

2001

$150 million

$160 million

Diana

1990

$90.7 million

$130 million

Gracie

1959

$14 million

$90 million

Felix

2007

$50.3 million

$50.3 million

Cesar

1996

$39 million

$50 million

Klaus

1990

$1 million

$1.6 million

Anita

1977

Unknown

Unknown

 

August 6, 2008

Filed under: Retired Hurricanes — admin @ 6:00 am

 

Hurricane Hortense made landfall on the southwest corner of the island of Puerto Rico on september 10, 1996 at around 0530 utc. Hurricane Hortense drenched eastern Puerto Rico with up to 23 inches of rain as it battered the south coast of the island from ponce to cabo rojo with category one hurricane force winds. This paper will present a chronology of events based on surface observations, WSR-88D and satellite observations of Hurricane Hortense as it moved slowly through the northeastern caribbean causing a 100-year flood in Puerto Rico. Several photographs taken for the official damage survey are presented to illustrate the devastation wrought by the effects of the flood.

Hurricane
Composite Reflectivity Image from the Puerto Rico WSR-88D located at Cayey, 2.2 NM pixel and 248 NM range resolution, on 8 Sep 96 at 1941 UTC.

The intensification of Hurricane Hortense is apparent when comparing figure 3 to figure 2. an increase in the core reflectivity (note: largest reflectivity signature seen SE of Puerto Rico) from 30 dbz (ref. fig. 2) to 45 dbz (ref. fig. 3) has occurred, as well as the formation of what appears to be an eye wall (note: arc shape to core reflectivity) on the north side of the center of circulation. a little over 24 hours later at 2246 UTC 9 sep 96 NWSFO San Juan made its first hurricane eye fix based on observations made by the WSR-88D. Figure 4 shows Hurricane Hortense just after landfall in Puerto Rico with the eye of the hurricane over the municipality of Guanica.

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