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The thirty costliest mainland United States tropical cyclones 1900-2012
Unadjusted $s
| RANK | HURRICANE | YEAR | CATEGORY | DAMAGE (U.S.) |
| 1 | KATRINA (SE FL/LA) | 2005 | 3 |
$108,000,000,000 |
| - | SANDY (NJ/NY/CN) | 2012 | - |
71,400,000,000 |
| 2 | IKE (TX/LA) | 2008 | 2 |
29,500,000,000 |
| 3 | ANDREW (SE FL/SE LA) | 1992 | 5 |
26,500,000,000 |
| 4 | WILMA (S FL) | 2005 | 3 |
20,600,000,000 |
| 5 | IRENE (NC) | 2011 | 1 |
15,600,000,000 |
| 6 | CHARLEY (SW FL) | 2004 | 4 |
15,000,000,000 |
| 7 | IVAN (AL/NW FL) | 2004 | 3 |
14,200,000,000 |
| 8 | RITA (N TX/W LA) | 2005 | 3 |
10,000,000,000 |
| 9 | FRANCES (FL) | 2004 | 2 |
8,900,000,000 |
| 10 | HUGO (SC) | 1989 | 4 |
7,000,000,000 |
| 11 | JEANNE (FL) | 2004 | 3 | 6,900,000,000 |
| 12 | ALLISON (N TX) | 2001 | TS | 5,000,000,000 |
| 13 | FLOYD (Mid-Atlantic & NE U.S.) | 1999 | 2 | 4,500,000,000 |
| 14 | GUSTAV (LA) | 2008 | 2 | 4,300,000,000 |
| 15 | ISABEL (Mid-Atlantic) | 2003 | 2 | 3,370,000,000 |
| 16 | FRAN (NC) | 1996 | 3 | 3,200,000,000 |
| 17 | OPAL (NW FL/AL) | 1995 | 3 | 3,000,000,000 |
| 18 | FREDERIC (AL/MS) | 1979 | 3 | 2,300,000,000 |
| 19 | DENNIS (NW FL) | 2005 | 1 | 2,200,000,000 |
| 20 | AGNES (FL/NE U.S.) | 1972 | 1 | 2,100,000,000 |
| 21 | ALICIA (N TX) | 1983 | 3 | 2,000,000,000 |
| 22 | OPHELIA (NC) | 2005 | 1 | 1,600,000,000 |
| 23 | BOB (NC, NE U.S) | 1991 | 2 | 1,500,000,000 |
| 23 | JUAN (LA) | 1985 | 1 | 1,500,000,000 |
| 25 | CAMILLE (MS/SE LA/VA) | 1969 | 5 | 1,420,700,000 |
| 26 | BETSY (SE FL/SE LA) | 1965 | 3 | 1,420,500,000 |
| 27 | ELENA (MS/AL/NW FL) | 1985 | 3 | 1,250,000,000 |
| 28 | DOLLY (TX) | 2008 | 1 | 1,050,000,000 |
| 29 | GEORGES (FL Keys, MS, AL) | 1998 | 2 | 1,155,000,000 |
| 30 | GLORIA (Eastern U.S.) | 1985 | 3 | 900,000,000 |
ADDENDUM
Non-CONUS damage(Rank is independent of other events in
group)
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| 22 | GEORGES (USVI,PR) | 1998 | 3 | $1,800,000,000 |
| 22 | INIKI (Kauai, HI) | 1992 | Unk. | 1,800,000,000 |
| 23 | MARILYN (USVI, PR) | 1995 | 2 | 1,500,000,000 |
| 30 | HUGO (USVI, PR) | 1989 | 4 | 1,000,000,000 |
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