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Caption: Composite satellite image of intense hurricanes Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Rita and Wilma in 2005. The storms all made landfall around the Gulf of Mexico causing nearly $180 billion in damage. Image courtesy of Univ. of Wisconsin-CIMSS.
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