The Costliest Hurricanes To Hit The U.S. 🌪️

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The costliest hurricanes to hit the United States and their total costs of damages adjusted to 2024 dollars, as of June 2023.

Data comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory.

Costs include public sector costs (e.g. disaster response), as well as direct losses from damage to buildings, personal property, infrastructure, and agriculture. Excludes indirect economic impacts.

Hurricane Katrina Is The Costliest U.S. Hurricane

As of 2023, Hurricane Katrina is the most expensive hurricane to hit the U.S. The Category 3 storm struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in August 2005 and caused catastrophic flooding in New Orleans due to levee failures, resulting in over 1,800 deaths and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people.

It is one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.

Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region late on Sept. 26, 2024 as a Category 4 hurricane, is projected to cause widespread and catastrophic damage across multiple states, from Tennessee to North Carolina.

Moody's estimates that Helene will cause $15 to $26 billion in property damage alone.