It’s not surprising that roof repairs in areas hit hard by Hurricane Irma are taking time. After all, the storm was one of the costliest on record.
In fact, all three of the major storms that hit this summer—Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria—have found places in the top five costliest storms on record. According to USA Today:
The storms brought widespread death and destruction to Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
While 2005’s Katrina remains the costliest hurricane on record at $160 billion, last year’s Hurricane Harvey ranks second, with damage costs of $125 billion.
Hurricane Maria ranks third at $90 billion, and Irma ranks fifth at $50 billion. With damages of $70 billion, 2012’s Sandy has been pushed down to fourth place. Sandy was popularly labeled a “superstorm” as it neared landfall despite being a hurricane for nearly its entire life cycle.
(On this list, the damage costs of both Katrina and Sandy are adjusted for inflation.)
NOAA said the dollar amounts are “the estimated total costs of these events — that is, the costs in terms of dollars that would not have been incurred had the event not taken place. Insured and uninsured losses are included in damage estimates.”
If the storms of summer, or any other event, have left you in need of roof repairs, David Bange Roofing is your best bet.
South Florida roofing contractor, David Bange Roofing is a full service roofing company with generations of industry experience. We specialize in both residential and commercial roofing, providing expert repairs and installations of top of the line roofing products.
We also maintain relationships with the industry’s top manufacturers, including GAF and CertainTeed, and we have expanded our services to include products like solar roofing through RISE.
Furthermore, we offer insurance claims assistance to our customers because we know that suffering from the damage after a storm is challenging enough without having to worry about the paperwork.