Landfall Category: 1

U.S. Damage: $15.8 Billion
Date of storm: Aug. 26-28, 2011

U.S. areas affected: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, Washington DC

Hurricane Irene crippled 10 states during its slow climb up the Eastern Seaboard, causing massive flooding and power outages. The brutal storm made landfall in North Carolina and traveled to Maine.

Billy Stinson (C), his wife Sandra Stinson and daughter Erin Stinson (R) comfort each other as they sit on the steps where their cottage once stood before it was destroyed by Hurricane Irene on Aug. 28, 2011 in Nags Head, N.C.</p>
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The cottage, built in 1903 was one of the first vacation cottages built on Roanoke Sound in Nags Head. Stinson had owned the home, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, since 1963. "We were pretending, just for a moment, that the cottage was still behind us and we were just sitting there watching the sunset," said Erin afterward.</p>
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Source:&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/damage.asp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; Weather Underground&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;" href="/photos/costliest-hurricanes/5390648/" data-photo-src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2012/10/hurricane-irene-1040-cs102612.jpg" data-credit="Scott Olson, Getty Images">8. Hurricane Irene (2011)</a></li>