Because Hurricane Katrina killed many many lives and was the costliest Hurricane in the us history.
418,500 US Citizens were killed during WW2.
Hurricane Wilma
The strongest hurricane in U.S. history was Hurricane Camille in 1969. The costliest was Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
In terms of dollars; Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans, Louisiana cost more money (billions of dollars) than any other hurricane. It killed around 2,000 people. In terms of lives; the Galveston Texas Hurricane that hit on Sept. 8, 1900 killed between 6,000 and 12,000 people. Officially it killed 8,000 people. The Galveston Texas Hurricane killed more Americans than any other natural disaster. More Americans were killed on Sept. 8, 1900 than any other 24 day in the history of the USA.
813 houses overall were destroyed.
The hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas on September 8, 1900 killed between 6,000 and 12,000 people. The offical death toll is 8,000. Katrina that hit Lousiana killed around 1,800 people.
Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and other states.
Jose is another hurricane behind Irma. It most likely will not hit the US but will go out into the Atlantic.
The National Hurricane Center, or NHC, is the agency that monitors hurricanes. All other US weather agencies receive their information from them.
Florida because that is a penisula.
To most US citizens it is. To many non-US people it is not