The Importance Of Hurricanes In Florida

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Florida, hit by some of the most devastating and destructive hurricanes in the history of the United States, has cost more than 450 billion U.S. dollars since the early 20th century. Florida insured property damage to the storm is the highest and highest in the country. The frequency and severity of hurricanes affecting Florida are checked out from the best available data and the damage is related to the characteristics of a landfall storm. The results show that the normalized loss increases over time, consistent with a slight increase in hurricane intensity and hurricane size alone, or in combination with hurricane strength, does not improve the simpler relationship. Estimates of possible losses from a hurricane can be obtained using a formula

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