Top 10: Hurricane Ike (飓风艾克)
Time: Sep.1 –14, 2008
Areas: Turks, Caicos, Bahamas, Haiti
Fatalities: 195
Damage: US$32 billion (2008 USD)
With damages totaling at US$32 billion, including US$24 billion in the U.S. and US$7.3 billion in Cuba, Hurricane Ike was the second-costliest hurricane ever to make landfall in the United States and the costliest one to ever hit Cuba. In the early hours of September 4, Ike became a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h).