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Five of the 10 costliest hurricanes on record in the United States have happened in the last decade, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In 2021, hurricanes led to 68 deaths in the U.S., and Hurricane Ida alone damaged as many as 212,000 cars. Just four years earlier, Irma and Harvey took out roughly four times as many vehicles. The takeaway?