Hurricane Irma hopscotched up Floridas west coast Sunday, making two landfalls and driving a wall of water and winds that submerged Miami, Naples and other major cities.
The storm shifted to Floridas Gulf Coast over the weekend, sparing Miami a direct hit and prompting risk modeler AIR Worldwide to say the maximum cost for insurers on Irma is $40 billion.
Hurricane Irmas westward shift will probably inflict heightened damage on people and businesses unable to adjust to its new path in time, while the storm fuels floods that many insurance policies dont cover.