Almost two weeks after Hurricane Isabel's powerful winds and storms, thousands of East Coast residents continue to assess the full impact of the storm, which raced across the mid-Atlantic and up the Eastern seaboard in late September.

One of nature's most powerful known forces, hurricanes can pack winds of more than 150 miles per hour and have been feared for centuries.

Which hurricanes caused the most damage? The greatest number of deaths? What states are hurricanes most likely to hit? Here are the answers to these and more questions.

Since 1995, 10 hurricanes have caused such severe damage that the affected countries asked the World Meteorological Association to retire the storm's name.