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The thirty costliest mainland United States tropical cyclones 1900-2017
Adjusted to 2017 US $s

RANKHURRICANEYEARCATEGORYDAMAGE (U.S. $)
1KATRINA (SE FL, LA, MS)20053$160,000,000,000
2HARVEY (TX, LA)20174$125,000,000,000
4SANDY(Mid-Atlantic & NE US)20121 70,200,000,000
5IRMA (FL)20174 50,000,000,000
6ANDREW (SE FL/LA)1992547,790,000,000
7IKE (TX, LA)2008234,800,000,000
8IVAN (AL/NW FL)2004327,060,000,000
9WILMA (S FL)2005324,320,000,000
10RITA (SW LA, N TX)2005323,680,000,000
11CHARLEY (SW FL)2004421,120,000,000
12IRENE(Mid-Atlantic & NE US)2011114,985,000,000
13HUGO (SC)1989414,070,000,000
14FRANCES (FL)2004212,936,000,000
15AGNES (FL/NE U.S.)1972112,516,000,000
16ALLISON (N TX)2001TS11,815,000,000
17BETSY (SE FL/SE LA)1965311,152,000,000
18MATTHEW (SE US)2016110,300,000,000
19JEANNE (FL)200439,900,000,000
20CAMILLE (MS/SE LA/VA)196959,776,000,000
21FLOYD (Mid-Atlantic & NE U.S.)199929,620,000,000
22FRAN (NC)199637,900,000,000
23DIANE (NC)195517,630,000,000
24OPAL (NW FL)199537,614,000,000
25ALICIA (N TX)198337,470,000,000
26ISABEL (Mid-Atlantic)200327,370,000,000
27GUSTAV (LA)200826,960,000,000
28CELIA (TX)197036,026,000,000
29FREDERIC (AL/MS)197935,712,000,000
32LONG ISLAND EXPRESS (NE US)193835,279,000,000
33NC/VA 1944 (Mid-Atlantic)194434,927,000,000
34CAROL (NE US)195434,198,000,000
36GEORGES (FL Keys, MS, AL)199823,775,000,000
38DONNA (FL, Eastern US)196043,235,000,000
39DENNIS (NW FL)200533,200,000,000
40ISAAC (LA)201213,024,000,000
41ELENA (MS/AL/NW FL)198533,003,000,000
ADDENDUM
Non-CONUS tropical cyclone damage

(Rank is independent of other events in group)
3MARIA (PR, USVI)2017490,000,000,000
30INIKI (Kauai, HI)199245,487,000,000
31GEORGES (USVI,PR)199835,285,000,000
35HUGO (USVI, PR)198944,020,000,000
37MARILYN (USVI, PR)199523,402,000,000
Notes:
Only of Tropical Storm intensity
Post-Tropical at landfall

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