“Early indications suggest that 2024 will rank as the second costliest hurricane season on record,” said Justin Roth, ARe, ARM, CEEM, Associate Director of Catastrophe Analytics R&D, Howden Re.
The ’24 Atlantic Hurricane Season has wrapped up, and it’s met NOAA National Ocean Service requirements to be classified as “Extremely Active.”
Fast Facts from Howden Re Cat Watch:
- Milton was the 2nd fastest to reach Category 5 status in Atlantic Basin history.
- Beryl was the earliest Category 5 hurricane in Atlantic Basin history.
- Hurricane Hunters conducted 163 flights into storms, dropping 2,378 weather sensors over 350,000 miles of flight travel.
- Florida saw 3 hurricane landfalls, tied most ever in a single season.
You can read more about the impacts of this season here: https://lnkd.in/edww-f-s
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