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=== === {| |+ Costliest U.S. Atlantic hurricanes

Cost refers to total estimated property damage. |- ! Rank ! Hurricane ! Season ! Cost (2008 USD) ! 1 | Katrina 2005 $81.2 billion ! 2 | Andrew 1992 $40.7 billion ! 3 | Ike 2008 $31.5 billion ! 4 | Wilma 2005 $22.7 billion ! 5 | Charley 2004 $16.3 billion ---- Anything else to add, people? By the way, I got most of this information from Wikipedia. I also got some from The Straits Times, Google, www.ask.com and Yahoo. |}
The third coastliest hurricane in the U.S.

Started on September 1, 2008 and dissipated on September 14, 2008.

Ike destroyed Galveston.

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They happened because strong winds formed over the sea and came over to where hurricane Ike and Katrina hit!!

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