Deadliest U.S. hurricanes and storms

The worst hurricanes and tropical storms to hit the U.S. have claimed more than 2,600 lives and cost at least $500 billion in damage over the past 25 years, according to NOAA

States affected 
Vermont
Massachusetts 
New Jersey
New York
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Delaware 
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia 
Florida
Pennsylvania 
Maryland
UNITED STATES 
Washington DC
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas 
MEXICO
Alabama 
Gulf of Mexico

500 miles 
800km


Fatalities and damage estimates (CPI-adjusted* to 2017 dollars)
1 2005  Katrina   1,833  $160.0bn   8  2004  Charley   35  $21.1bn 
2 2012  Sandy       159  $70.2bn    9  2011  Irene     45  $15.0bn
3 1992  Andrew       61  $47.8bn    10 2004  Frances   48  $12.9bn
4 2008  Ike         112  $34.8bn    11 2001  Allison   43  $11.9bn 
5 2004  Ivan         57  $27.1bn    12 2016  Matthew   49  $10.3bn  
6 2005  Wilma        35  $24.3bn    13 1999  Floyd     77  $9.7bn
7 2005  Rita        119  $23.7bn    14 2017  Harvey    20+ $42-100bn†


Picture: Associated Press *Consumer Price Index. †Estimates by Enki Research and Imperial Capital
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Bloomberg   © GRAPHIC NEWS