Katrina Leads Pack Of Record Hurricanes

Worst disaster ever combines with Rita, Wilma to cause $45.2 billion in losses

Insurers thought they got walloped last year when a grand slam of hurricanes hit the U.S. mainland in 90 days, causing just over $20 billion in covered damages. However, had a fortune teller sensed what lay ahead for 2005, the seer would have warned: "You ain't seen nothin' yet!"

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