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Also, retire Kate of 1985. It turns out that it may have actually been the costliest hurricane of 1985. At least a couple sources validate NatCat Service’s (Munich Re) claim that it caused $1.2 billion in Cuba. If so, the reason we don’t here much of it is that much of the damage came from agriculture (especially sugar) and not structural damage. $1.6 billion seems high but that’s because it’s direct damage plus other economic losses.