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Costliest mainland United States tropical cyclones 1900-2017
Unadjusted for inflation
| RANK
| TROPICAL CYCLONE
| YEAR
| CATEGORY
| DAMAGE (U.S.$)
| | 1 | KATRINA (SE FL, LA, MS) | 2005 | 3 | $125,000,000,000
| | 1 | HARVEY (TX, LA) | 2017 | 4 | 125,000,000,000
| | 4 | SANDY(Mid-Atlantic & NE US) | 2012 | 1 | 65,000,000,000
| | 5 | IRMA (FL) | 2017 | 4 | 50,000,000,000
| | 6 | IKE (TX, LA) | 2008 | 2 | 30,000,000,000
| | 7 | ANDREW (SE FL/LA) | 1992 | 5 | 27,000,000,000
| | 8 | IVAN (AL/NW FL) | 2004 | 3 | 20,500,000,000
| | 9 | WILMA (S FL) | 2005 | 3 | 19,000,000,000
| | 10 | RITA (SW LA, N TX) | 2005 | 3 | 18,500,000,000
| | 11 | CHARLEY (SW FL) | 2004 | 4 | 16,000,000,000
| | 12 | IRENE(Mid-Atlantic & NE US) | 2011 | 1 | 13,500,000,000
| | 13 | MATTHEW (SE US) | 2016 | 1 | 10,000,000,000
| | 14 | FRANCES (FL) | 2004 | 2 | 9,800,000,000
| | 15 | ALLISON (N TX) | 2001 | TS | 8,500,000,000
| | 16 | JEANNE (FL) | 2004 | 3 | 7,500,000,000
| | 17 | HUGO (SC) | 1989 | 4 | 7,000,000,000
| | 18 | FLOYD (Mid-Atlantic & NE U.S.) | 1999 | 2 | 6,500,000,000
| | 19 | GUSTAV (LA) | 2008 | 2 | 6,000,000,000
| | 20 | ISABEL (Mid-Atlantic) | 2003 | 2 | 5,500,000,000
| | 21 | FRAN (NC) | 1996 | 3 | 5,000,000,000
| | 22 | OPAL (NW FL) | 1995 | 3 | 4,700,000,000
| | 25 | ALICIA (N TX) | 1983 | 3 | 3,000,000,000
| | 26 | ISAAC (LA) | 2012 | 1 | 2,800,000,000
| | 27 | GEORGES (FL Keys, MS, AL) | 1998 | 2 | 2,500,000,000
| | 27 | DENNIS (NW FL) | 2005 | 3 | 2,500,000,000
| | 29 | AGNES (FL/NE U.S.) | 1972 | 1 | 2,100,000,000
| | 32 | FREDERIC (AL/MS) | 1979 | 3 | 1,700,000,000
| | 33 | BOB (NC, NE U.S) | 1991 | 2 | 1,500,000,000
| | 33 | JUAN (LA) | 1985 | 1 | 1,500,000,000
| | 35 | CAMILLE (MS/SE LA/VA) | 1969 | 5 | 1,420,700,000
| | 36 | BETSY (SE FL/SE LA) | 1965 | 3 | 1,420,500,000
| | 37 | ELENA (MS/AL/NW FL) | 1985 | 3 | 1,300,000,000
| | 37 | DOLLY (S TX) | 2008 | 1 | 1,300,000,000
| | 39 | LILI (SC LA) | 2002 | 1 | 1,100,000,000
| | 40 | ALBERTO (AL, GA) | 1994 | TS | 1,030,000,000
| | 41 | BONNIE (Mid-Atlantic) | 1998 | 2 | 1,000,000,000
|
ADDENDUM
Non-CONUS tropical cyclone damage
(Rank is independent of other events in group)
| | 3 | MARIA (PR, USVI) | 2017 | 4 | 90,000,000,000
| | 23 | GEORGES (USVI,PR) | 1998 | 3 | 3,500,000,000
| | 24 | INIKI (Kauai, HI) | 1992 | 4 | 3,100,000,000
| | 29 | MARILYN (USVI, PR) | 1995 | 2 | 2,100,000,000
| | 31 | HUGO (USVI, PR) | 1989 | 4 | 2,000,000,000
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