Experts say that the strange purple skies are the result of light from the sun being scattered in a particular way by hurricane storm clouds.
After causing catastrophic destruction in the Bahamas as a Category 5 storm, Dorian stayed just far enough away from Florida to limit its impacts on the state. While it brought rain and strong winds, leading to minor flooding and power outages, the state mostly escaped unscathed.
The graph below, provided by Statista, shows the cost of damage by weather incidents worldwide over the past 20 years.According to the National Hurricane Center
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