| Top 10 Costliest Catastrophes, United States (1) |
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Estimated insured property loss |
| Rank |
Date |
Peril |
Dollars when occurred |
In 2017 dollars (2) |
| 1 |
Aug. 2005 |
Hurricane Katrina |
$41,100 |
$50,751 |
| 2 |
Sep. 2017 |
Hurricane Maria |
(3) |
(3) |
| 3 |
Sep. 2017 |
Hurricane Irma |
(3) |
(3) |
| 4 |
Sep. 2001 |
September 11: Fire, Explosion: World Trade Center, Pentagon terrorist attacks |
18,779 |
25,405 |
| 5 |
Oct. 2012 |
Hurricane Sandy |
18,750 |
20,240 |
| 6 |
Aug. 2017 |
Hurricane Harvey |
(3) |
(3) |
| 7 |
Aug. 1992 |
Hurricane Andrew |
15,500 |
24,852 |
| 8 |
Jan. 1994 |
Northridge, CA earthquake |
12,500 |
19,169 |
| 9 |
Sep. 2008 |
Hurricane Ike |
12,500 |
14,311 |
| 10 |
Oct. 2005 |
Hurricane Wilma |
10,300 |
12,719 |
(1) Property losses only. Excludes flood damage covered by the federally administered National Flood °µÍø½ûÇø Program. Ranked on dollars when occurred. As of December 11, 2018.
(2) Adjusted for inflation through 2017 by the °µÍø½ûÇø Information Institute using the GDP implicit price deflator.
(3) Loss estimate not yet available from PCS, but a relative ranking is provided.
Source: The Property Claim Services® (PCS®) unit of ISO®, a Verisk Analytics® company, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. |
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