Matthew may rank as one of the costliest US storms

In just the state of Florida the federal flood insurance program has added up 480 million dollars in damage in only Pensacola beach, Key west, and northern Miami. It is said that they will not know the total amount of damage done until a few months from now. The storm has covered the whole Atlantic coast of Florida with 120 mph winds and an astonishing amount of rain(only a category 3). Before Hurricane Matthew hit the U.S. the storm had already taken 280 lives from Haiti, and roared through Cuba and the Bahamas causing a mass amount of damage.

The last hurricane that was a category 3 that tramped over Florida was hurricane Wilma in 2005 which caused an estimated amount of 21 billion dollars in damage. Hurricane Matthew is estimated to cause way more damage the Wilma.


Check out the Tableau charts on the site they are cool and have tons of info but only work on the site.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/07/matthew-may-rank-in-terms-of-costliest-us-storms.html