To get some sense of the proportion of the damage caused by these storms, here's a look back at the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded – simply the deadliest, largest, and worst hurricanes in history. Be careful out there.
http://www.ranker.com/list/10-biggest-deadliest-most-destructive-hurricane_s-ever-/jeff419
Kenna, a category 5 hurricane, was the 3rd most intense Pacific hurricane to ever strike Mexico's West Coast. Hitting San Blas, Nayarit on October 25th, 2002, was the 3rd category 5 hurricane of the hurricane season. 140 mph winds and a 16-foot surge devastated the coastline, causing $101 million dollars in damage.
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Hurricane Ike is in the top three for most destructive hurricane's to ever hit the United States, with $24 billion (2008 USD) and with additional damage of $7.3 billion in Cuba, $200 million in the Bahamas, and $500 million in the Turks and Caicos, amounting to a total of $32 billion in damages.
http://www.ranker.com/list/10-biggest-deadliest-most-destructive-hurricane_s-ever-/jeff419
The amazing Hurricane Season of 2005 rewrote the record books, and wunderblogger Cory Pesaturo has put together exhaustive list (PDF File) of the records set during the Hurricane Season of 2005. What follows below is only the highlights of his exhaustive list.
https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/record2005.asp
1 Most damage ever recorded in a hurricane season: $150 billion. Previous record: approximately $50 billion dollars (normalized to 2005 dollars) set in 1992 and 2004.  Highest Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index: 245. Previous record: 243 (1950).
https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/record2005.asp
1 Wilma's pressure fell 54 mb over six hours, beating Hurricane Beulah's drop of 38 mb in six hours in 1967. Wilma's 12 hour pressure fall of 83 mb beat the old 12 hour pressure fall record of 48 mb set by Hurricane Allen in 1980.  Most damaging hurricane ever: Katrina, $100 billion plus.
https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/record2005.asp
1 Most major hurricanes to hit the U.S.: 4 (Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Wilma). Previous record: 3 in 1893, 1909, 1933, 1954, and 2004.  Most damage ever recorded in a hurricane season: $150 billion. Previous record: approximately $50 billion dollars (normalized to 2005 dollars) set in 1992 and 2004.
https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/record2005.asp
The second largest hurricane to form in the Atlantic was Hurricane Igor at 920 miles, with Hurricane Katrina being the smallest of the ten at 415 miles in diameter -- but in terms of overall damage, for Katrina at least, size didn't matter. Visit our Live Blog for continuous updates on Hurricane Sandy.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/hurricane-sandy-largest-hurricane_n_2045163.html
11 September 1994. The longest lasting tropical cyclone lasted 31 days, it was named Hurricane/Typhoon John and travelled through the eastern Pacific Ocean from 11 August - 11 September 1994. Hurricane/Typhoon John formed on 11 August 1994 in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-lasting-tropical-cyclone/
Longest lasting tropical cyclone. The longest lasting tropical cyclone lasted 31 days, it was named Hurricane/Typhoon John and travelled through the eastern Pacific Ocean from 11 August - 11 September 1994. Hurricane/Typhoon John formed on 11 August 1994 in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-lasting-tropical-cyclone/
longest hurricane ever
Typhoon John is the longest hurricane ever.