Photos: 2017's billion-dollar disasters in photos Hurricane Harvey – The hurricane hit Texas around 11 p.m. Hide Caption 1 of 15 Photos: 2017's billion-dollar disasters in photos Hurricane Irma – It is the strongest Atlantic basin hurricane ever recorded outside the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Another series of storms from Wyoming to New York contributed at least $1.5 billion of damage due to similar conditions, severe winds, tornadoes and destructive hail. Hide Caption 13 of 15 Photos: 2017's billion-dollar disasters in photos Southern tornado outbreak and western storms – A violent storm system moved across the US in January. In the Antarctic, sea ice was below average for all of 2017, hitting record lows during the first four months of 2017 .

Source: CNN August 01, 2018 16:52 UTC