As Hurricane Isaac heads toward the Gulf Coast, PC360 revisitssome of the recent “I” storms whose names have been retired bythe World Meteorological Organization due to insured andeconomic losses caused by the tropical cyclones.

This list covers storms from 2001 until Hurricane Irene, whichstruck in 2011. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) also lists Ione(1955) and Inez (1966) as retired “I” names.

Hurricane Iris — 2001

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Hurricane Iris was a Category 4 storm that crushed Belize inOctober 2001. According to the NHC, the storm caused around 31deaths, although the NHC says the exact number is not known. TheBelize government reported $66.2 million in damages to thecountry.

In the below photo, a couple recovers belongings from thewreckage of their house in Big Creek, Belize.

(Credit: AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Hurricane Isidore — 2002

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Huricane Isidore was a September Category 3 storm at itsstrongest, causing damage in Jamaica, Cuba and the YucatanPeninsula. It struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in Louisiana as a tropicalstorm, and the NHC, citing ISO PCS figures, says Isidore causedabout $165 million in insured losses in the U.S.

In the below photo, a man stands near a destroyed tobaccohouse in Cuba. The storm hit western Cuba with 100 mile-per-hourwinds.

(Credit: AP Photo/Jose Goitia)

Hurricane Isabel — 2003

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Isabel, the costliest tropical cyclone of the 2003 AtlanticHurricane Season, strengthened to a Category 5 storm over waterbefore weakening and making landfall near Drum Inlet, NorthCarolina as a Category 2 hurricane. According to the NHC, Isabelcaused “widespread wind and storm surge damage in coastal easternNorth Carolina and southeastern Virginia. Storm surge damage alsooccurred along Chesapeake Bay and the associated river estuaries,while wind damage occurred over portions of the remaining area fromsouthern Virginia northward to New York.”

The NHC says the storm caused 16 deaths, with 10 in Virginia.Current insured property damage estimates are between $925 millionand $1.7 billion in Virginia, $410 million in Maryland, $170million in North Carolina, $80 million in Pennsylvania, $45 millionin New York, $25 million in New Jersey, $20 million in Delaware,and $10 million in West Virginia.

The photo below shows an image from television taken fromthe international space station as it orbited over Isabel on Sept.15, 2003.

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Hurricane Ivan — 2004

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Hurricane Ivan was the storm that would not end, causing damageup to and after its first U.S. landfall just west of Gulf Shores,Alabama, and then re-forming into a tropical cyclone to makeanother pass through the Gulf after becoming an extra-tropicalcyclone off of the U.S. East Coast. Luckily, the storm's secondpass was nowhere near as destructive as the first. Throughout itslong life, Ivan reached Category 5 status three separate times andmade two separate U.S. landfalls at tropical-cyclone strength.

Ivan was a Category 3 storm when it made its first U.S.landfall. It moved northeast across Alabama, becoming a tropicaldepression before cutting further east across the Southeast U.S.and becoming an extratropical low over the DelMarVa peninsula.According to the NHC, Ivan then completed “a large anticyclonicloop,” heading south toward Florida and re-gaining tropical cyclonestatus in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm made its second U.S.landfall as a tropical depression in extreme southwesternLouisiana, and then quickly dissipated. Including its extratropicalphase, Ivan existed for 22.5 days and produced a track more than5600 nautical miles long.

In the U.S., the storm caused over 686,000 claims for anestimated $7.1 billion in insured losses, according to the NHC,citing numbers from the American Insurance Services Group.The Caribbean Development Bank further estimates more than $3billion in damages in the Caribbean Sea region.

The below photo shows an enhanced infrared satellite viewof Hurricane Ivan as it approached the Alabama coastline.

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Hurricane Ike — 2008

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Ike was the costliest hurricane to strike Texas, andthird-costliest U.S. hurricane after Katrina and Andrew. It isresponsible for 103 deaths across Hispaniola, Cuba, and parts ofthe United States Gulf Coast, according to the NHC. At itsstrongest, Ike was a Category 4 hurricane, and struck Cuba at thatstrength, causing the storm to weaken. It made U.S.landfall along the north end of Galveston Island, Texas as aCategory 1 storm.

The NHC says 20 people died in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansasfrom Ike. Citing PCS statistics, the NHC says insured damages inthose states stands at about $10 billion, with an extra $2.5billion in insured losses in those states reported by the NationalFlood Insurance Program from inland flooding and stromsurge.

In the picture below, floodwater covers a neighborhood onGalveston Island after the the storm.

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Hurricane Igor — 2010

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The above picture shows an early estimated track of HurricaneIgor. The storm ended up passing west of Bermuda, bringinghurricane-force winds to the island, before making landfallnear Cape Race, Newfoundland. The NHC says damage in Bermuda wasminimal, but in Newfoundland, damages are estimated at nearly $200million.

The photo below shows waves crashing onto the beach at JohnSmith's Bay in Smith's Parish, Bermuda as Igor approached theisland.

(Credit: AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Hurricane Irene — 2011

Irene made landfall near Cape Lookout, North Carolina as aCategory 1 hurricane, then tracked up the East Coast, makinganother landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey and striking areasof New York City before hitting areas of New Hampshire and Vermontas an extratropical cyclone.

The storm caused 49 deaths overall, and 41 in the U.S. The NHC,citing ISO numbers, says Irene caused an estimated $4.3 billion inlosses. Citing NFIP data, the NHC says Irene caused about $7.2billion in losses from inland flooding and storm surge.

Below, an AP file photo shows a biker making his way around ataxi stranded in floodwaters in New York, after Irene struck thearea as a tropical storm.

(Credit: AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)