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Costliest mainland United States tropical cyclones 1900-2017
Unadjusted for inflation

RANK TROPICAL CYCLONE YEAR CATEGORY DAMAGE (U.S.$)
1KATRINA (SE FL, LA, MS)20053$125,000,000,000
1HARVEY (TX, LA)20174125,000,000,000
4SANDY(Mid-Atlantic & NE US)20121 65,000,000,000
5IRMA (FL)20174 50,000,000,000
6IKE (TX, LA)2008230,000,000,000
7ANDREW (SE FL/LA)1992527,000,000,000
8IVAN (AL/NW FL)2004320,500,000,000
9WILMA (S FL)2005319,000,000,000
10RITA (SW LA, N TX)2005318,500,000,000
11CHARLEY (SW FL)2004416,000,000,000
12IRENE(Mid-Atlantic & NE US)2011113,500,000,000
13MATTHEW (SE US)2016110,000,000,000
14FRANCES (FL)200429,800,000,000
15ALLISON (N TX)2001TS8,500,000,000
16JEANNE (FL)200437,500,000,000
17HUGO (SC)198947,000,000,000
18FLOYD (Mid-Atlantic & NE U.S.)199926,500,000,000
19GUSTAV (LA)200826,000,000,000
20ISABEL (Mid-Atlantic)200325,500,000,000
21FRAN (NC)199635,000,000,000
22OPAL (NW FL)199534,700,000,000
25ALICIA (N TX)198333,000,000,000
26ISAAC (LA)201212,800,000,000
27GEORGES (FL Keys, MS, AL)199822,500,000,000
27DENNIS (NW FL)200532,500,000,000
29AGNES (FL/NE U.S.)197212,100,000,000
32FREDERIC (AL/MS)197931,700,000,000
33BOB (NC, NE U.S)199121,500,000,000
33JUAN (LA)198511,500,000,000
35CAMILLE (MS/SE LA/VA)196951,420,700,000
36BETSY (SE FL/SE LA)196531,420,500,000
37ELENA (MS/AL/NW FL)198531,300,000,000
37DOLLY (S TX)200811,300,000,000
39LILI (SC LA)200211,100,000,000
40ALBERTO (AL, GA)1994TS1,030,000,000
41BONNIE (Mid-Atlantic)199821,000,000,000
ADDENDUM
Non-CONUS tropical cyclone damage

(Rank is independent of other events in group)
3MARIA (PR, USVI)2017490,000,000,000
23GEORGES (USVI,PR)199833,500,000,000
24INIKI (Kauai, HI)199243,100,000,000
29MARILYN (USVI, PR)199522,100,000,000
31HUGO (USVI, PR)198942,000,000,000

Notes:
Only of Tropical Storm intensity
Post-Tropical at landfall

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