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Costliest storms

The costliest tropical cyclones to strike the U.S. mainland from 1900 to 2006. Figures are not adjusted for inflation.

Name (location)
Year
Category
Damage
1.KATRINA (S.E. Fla., S.E. La., Miss.)20053 $81.0B
2.ANDREW (S.E. Fla., S.E. La.)19925 $26.5B
3.WILMA (S Fla.)20053 $20.6B
4.CHARLEY (S.W. Fla.)20044 $15.0B
5.IVAN (N.W. Fla., Ala.)20043 $14.2B
6.RITA (S.W. LA, N. Tx.)20053 $14.2B
7.FRANCES (Fla.)20042 $8.9B
8.HUGO (S.C.)19894 $7.0B
9.JEANNE (Fla.)20043 $6.9B
10.ALLISON (N. Texas)2001TS $5.0B
11.FLOYD (Mid-Atlantic, N.E. U.S.)19992$4.5B
12.ISABEL (Mid-Atlantic)20032 $3.37B
13.FRAN (N.C.)19963 $3.2B
14.OPAL (N.W. Fla., Ala.)19953 $3.0B
15.FREDERIC (Ala., Miss.)19793$2.30B
16.DENNIS (N.W. Fla.)20053$2.23B
17.AGNES (Fla., N.E. U.S.)19721$2.1B
18.ALICIA (N. Texas)19833$2.0B
19.BOB (N.C., N.E. U.S.)19912$1.5B
19.JUAN (La.)19851$1.5B
21.CAMILLE (Miss., La., Va.)19695$1.4207B
22.BETSY (Fla., La.)19653$1.4205B
23.ELENA (Miss., Ala., N.W. Fla.)19853$1.2B
24.GEORGES (Keys, Miss., Ala.)19982 $1.155B
25.GLORIA (E. U.S.)19853$900M

Source: National Hurricane Center

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