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The thirty costliest mainland United States tropical cyclones 1900-2017
Adjusted to 2017 US $s
| RANK | HURRICANE | YEAR | CATEGORY | DAMAGE (U.S. $)
| | 1 | KATRINA (SE FL, LA, MS) | 2005 | 3 | $160,000,000,000
| | 2 | HARVEY (TX, LA) | 2017 | 4 | $125,000,000,000
| | 4 | SANDY(Mid-Atlantic & NE US) | 2012 | 1 | 70,200,000,000
| | 5 | IRMA (FL) | 2017 | 4 | 50,000,000,000
| | 6 | ANDREW (SE FL/LA) | 1992 | 5 | 47,790,000,000
| | 7 | IKE (TX, LA) | 2008 | 2 | 34,800,000,000
| | 8 | IVAN (AL/NW FL) | 2004 | 3 | 27,060,000,000
| | 9 | WILMA (S FL) | 2005 | 3 | 24,320,000,000
| | 10 | RITA (SW LA, N TX) | 2005 | 3 | 23,680,000,000
| | 11 | CHARLEY (SW FL) | 2004 | 4 | 21,120,000,000
| | 12 | IRENE(Mid-Atlantic & NE US) | 2011 | 1 | 14,985,000,000
| | 13 | HUGO (SC) | 1989 | 4 | 14,070,000,000
| | 14 | FRANCES (FL) | 2004 | 2 | 12,936,000,000
| | 15 | AGNES (FL/NE U.S.) | 1972 | 1 | 12,516,000,000
| | 16 | ALLISON (N TX) | 2001 | TS | 11,815,000,000
| | 17 | BETSY (SE FL/SE LA) | 1965 | 3 | 11,152,000,000
| | 18 | MATTHEW (SE US) | 2016 | 1 | 10,300,000,000
| | 19 | JEANNE (FL) | 2004 | 3 | 9,900,000,000
| | 20 | CAMILLE (MS/SE LA/VA) | 1969 | 5 | 9,776,000,000
| | 21 | FLOYD (Mid-Atlantic & NE U.S.) | 1999 | 2 | 9,620,000,000
| | 22 | FRAN (NC) | 1996 | 3 | 7,900,000,000
| | 23 | DIANE (NC) | 1955 | 1 | 7,630,000,000
| | 24 | OPAL (NW FL) | 1995 | 3 | 7,614,000,000
| | 25 | ALICIA (N TX) | 1983 | 3 | 7,470,000,000
| | 26 | ISABEL (Mid-Atlantic) | 2003 | 2 | 7,370,000,000
| | 27 | GUSTAV (LA) | 2008 | 2 | 6,960,000,000
| | 28 | CELIA (TX) | 1970 | 3 | 6,026,000,000
| | 29 | FREDERIC (AL/MS) | 1979 | 3 | 5,712,000,000
| | 32 | LONG ISLAND EXPRESS (NE US) | 1938 | 3 | 5,279,000,000
| | 33 | NC/VA 1944 (Mid-Atlantic) | 1944 | 3 | 4,927,000,000
| | 34 | CAROL (NE US) | 1954 | 3 | 4,198,000,000
| | 36 | GEORGES (FL Keys, MS, AL) | 1998 | 2 | 3,775,000,000
| | 38 | DONNA (FL, Eastern US) | 1960 | 4 | 3,235,000,000
| | 39 | DENNIS (NW FL) | 2005 | 3 | 3,200,000,000
| | 40 | ISAAC (LA) | 2012 | 1 | 3,024,000,000
| | 41 | ELENA (MS/AL/NW FL) | 1985 | 3 | 3,003,000,000
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ADDENDUM
Non-CONUS tropical cyclone damage
(Rank is independent of other events in group)
| | 3 | MARIA (PR, USVI) | 2017 | 4 | 90,000,000,000
| | 30 | INIKI (Kauai, HI) | 1992 | 4 | 5,487,000,000
| | 31 | GEORGES (USVI,PR) | 1998 | 3 | 5,285,000,000
| | 35 | HUGO (USVI, PR) | 1989 | 4 | 4,020,000,000
| | 37 | MARILYN (USVI, PR) | 1995 | 2 | 3,402,000,000
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Notes:
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Only of Tropical Storm intensity |
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Post-Tropical at landfall |
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