The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was tied with the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season for being the most active Atlantic hurricane season in history. The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season beat 2005 in total storms (29) and total hurricanes (16). The total major hurricanes (7) was tied with 2005 and 1961 but the total depressions did not surpass the record. The season is also the costliest on record, beating the previous record by about 3.7 billion USD but in net worth actually about ½ a billion USD. The storms Emily, Harvey, Maria, Ophelia, Sean, Vince and Whitney accounted for 95% of all damage in the season. Of those 7 storms, 6 were retired which broke the previous record of 5 retired storms set back in 2005.