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RETIRED NAMES Hurricane names can be retired due to the notoriety of the storm if a nation affected by the storm lobbies the World Meteorological Organization . UNNAMED BUT HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT LISTED BY DEATH TOLL LISTED BY COST The following are the costliest known Atlantic hurricanes in 2007 USD . Listed by cost (United States only) There are several ways to express the monetary cost of a hurricane, by inflation adjusted cost, cost at the time, and cost if the hurricane were to strike today. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E12.htmlhttp://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastcost.shtml Care should be taken not to confuse "economic impact" estimates (often used for modern hurricanes like Katrina) with damage costs; it is the latter that are included in this list (and in all hurricane articles). Note that these charts are only based on damage in the U.S.; the total in many of these storms is higher due to damage in the Caribbean , Central America , Mexico or Canada , but information for most storms that affected these areas is not consistently available except for very recent systems.
See Also: Template:Costliest US Atlantic hurricanes Listed by 2005 inflation adjusted cost Listed by cost at the time Listed by wealth normalization for 2004 This list is adjusted for 2004 Inflation and Wealth Normalization , which is basically an estimation of what the hurricane would cost if it struck today. Estimates have been made for hurricanes that occurred after 2004. LISTED BY NUMBER OF TORNADOES SPAWNED Note that Tornado detection has increased markedly in recent decades, so the number of tornadoes are underestimated for older events. , NHC , NWS '''
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