Oct. 17 (Reuters)—The eastern end of Long Island suffered thehighest insured losses in the United States from late August'sHurricane Irene, followed closely by a coastal county in NorthCarolina, financial data company Verisk Analytics said onMonday.

Verisk said Suffolk County, the New York area that includes theexclusive Hamptons region, topped the list of 191hurricane-affected counties nationwide with more than $200 millionin insured property damage.

Just behind Suffolk County and also with more than $200 millionin damage was Dare County, North Carolina, which includes OuterBanks communities like Nags Head and Kitty Hawk.

Three other counties had more than $150 million in damage,Verisk said, including western Long Island's Nassau County,Monmouth County in New Jersey and Worcester County in Maryland.

Irene was the first hurricane to make landfall in the UnitedStates in three years. Estimates of the total damage it caused havevaried widely, ranging from $1.8 billion up to $7.1 billion.