Flooded parking lot in Houston, Texas. Hurricane Harvey dropped more than 60 inches of rain across parts of Texas, flooding homes, businesses, roadways and parking lots. (Photo: American Technologies, Inc.)

Last year we witnessed a particularly brutal hurricane season — specifically four hurricanes that caused some of the highest amounts of property damage on record. Each of these 2017 storms were Category 3 hurricanes or higher, and caused more than $200 billion dollars in damage.

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