Some points to notice for "recent" record of hurricane strikes:

• A single hurricane will often come ashore in several states (for instance, Matthew in 2016), often with very different strengths (Gloria, 1985; Rita, 2005)
• States hit recently by strong storms (South Texas, Harvey, 2017; South Carolina, Florence, 2018 [not yet in database]) do not get hurricanes often, but have been hit by other major storms in the last 40 years (Hugo, cat 5, in SC and Bret and Allen, cat 3, in TX-S).
• Besides being a very active hurricane year, 2005 was the year that Katrina struck, killing about 1200 people in LA and MS. This was the only hurricane since 1957 in the worst 10 (as of 2017) for hurricane-related deaths in the continental US.
• The relationship between a hurricane's Saffir-Simpson category and the damage it does is complicated. The storm surge from Sandy (2012) destroyed over 2000 houses in Long Island alone despite being cat 1.