NU Online News Service, Oct. 5, 3:34 p.m. EDT

The last time an October hurricane made landfall was in 2005 when Hurricane Wilma struck Florida, according to modeler Risk Management Solutions (RMS).

That storm caused about $11.3 billion in insured loss, making it the fourth costliest in history. In 1995 an October storm, Hurricane Opal, caused nearly $3 billion in losses after wreaking havoc in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee.

RMS noted that these two October storms occurred during the only two hurricane seasons that had as much storm activity at this point as this year.

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