The costliest hurricane to impact the U.S. was Hurricane Katrina (2005), which caused an estimated $201.3 billion in damage.

Maud Richards, her children, and grandchildren have lived on a cliff overlooking the Caribbean Sea in Manchioneal, Portland, ...

September is the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. This is because wind shear, the change of speed and/or direction of the wind with height, is weaker, and the ocean waters are extremely warm.