Billion Dollar Table 2005 1-5-06

1980-2005 Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters

(Damage Amounts in Billions of Dollars and Costs Normalized to 2002 Dollars Using GNP Inflation / Wealth Index)

Drought / Heat Wave 1980 e $48.4 ~10,000 Deaths

Hurricane Alicia Florida Freeze Gulf Storms / Flooding W Storms / Flooding 1983 $5.9 21 Deaths ~ $4.0 No Deaths ~ $2.2 ~ 50 Deaths ~ $2.2 ~ 45 Deaths

Florida Freeze Hurricane Elena Hurricane Juan 1985 ~ $2.2 No Deaths $2.4 4 Deaths $2.8 63 Deaths

Drought / Heat Wave 1986 $2.3 ~100 Deaths

Drought / Heat Wave 1988 e $61.6 ~7,500 Deaths

Hurricane Hugo N Plains Drought 1989 > $13.9 86 Deaths > $1.5 No Deaths

S Plains Flooding 1990 > $1.4 13 Deaths

Hurricane Bob Oakland CA Firestorm 1991 $2.1 18 Deaths ~ $3.5 25 Deaths

Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Iniki Nor’easter 1992 ~ $35.6 61 Deaths ~ $2.4 7 Deaths $2.0 19 Deaths

E Storm / Blizzard SE Drought / Heat Wave Midwest Flooding CA Wildfires 1993 $7.0 ~ 270 Deaths ~ $1.3 > 16 Deaths ~ $26.7 48 Deaths ~ $1.3 4 Deaths

SE Ice Storm Tropical Storm Alberto Texas Flooding W Fire Season 1994 ~ $3.7 9 Deaths ~ $1.2 32 Deaths ~ $1.2 19 Deaths ~ $1.2 No Deaths

CA Flooding SE / SW Severe Wx Hurricane Marilyn Hurricane Opal 1995 > $3.6 27 Deaths $6.8 32 Deaths e $2.5 13 Deaths > $3.6 27 Deaths

Blizzard / Flooding Pacific NW Flooding S Plains Drought Hurricane Fran 1996 ~ $3.5 187 Deaths ~ $1.2 9 Deaths ~ $6.0 No Deaths > $5.8 37 Deaths

Midwest Flood / Tornadoes N Plains Flooding W Coast Flooding 1997 e $1.1 67 Deaths ~ $4.1 11 Deaths ~ $3.4 36 Deaths

New England Ice Storm SE Severe Wx MN Severe Storms / Hail S Drought / Heat Wave Hurricane Bonnie 1998 > $1.5 16 Deaths > $1.1 132 Deaths > $1.7 1 Death $8.3 > 200 Deaths ~ $1.1 3 Deaths

Hurricane Georges Texas Flooding e $6.5 16 Deaths ~ $1.1 31 Deaths

AR - TN Tornadoes OK - KS Tornadoes E Drought / Heat Wave Hurricane Floyd 1999 ~ $1.4 17 Deaths > $1.7 55 Deaths > $1.1 e 502 Deaths e > $6.5 77 Deaths

Drought / Heat Wave Western Fires 2000 e > $4.2 ~ 140 Deaths > $2.1 No Deaths

Tropical Storm Allison Midwest / OH Valley 2001 e ~ $5.1 > 43 Deaths Hail / Tornadoes > $1.9 > 3 Deaths 30-State Drought Western Fires 2002 e > $10.0 No Deaths > $2.0 ~21 Deaths

Severe Wx / Hail Severe Wx / Tornadoes Hurricane Isabel S California Wildfires 2003 > $1.6 3 Deaths > $3.4 51 Deaths ~ $5.0 55 Deaths > $2.5 22 Deaths

Hurricane Charley Hurricane Frances Hurricane Ivan Hurricane Jeanne 2004 e ~ $15.0 35 Deaths e ~ $9.0 48 Deaths e > $14.0 57 Deaths e > $7.0 28 Deaths

Hurricane Dennis Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Rita Midwest Drought Hurricne Wilma 2005 e > $2.0 > 15 Deaths e ~ $125.0 > 1833 Deaths e ~ $16.0 119 Deaths e > $1.0 No Deaths e ~ $16.0 35 Deaths

Source: e = estimated > = greater than/at least ~ = approximately/about NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center < 5 5-20 20-30 30-40 > 40 Asheville, NC 28801-5001 www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/billionz.html Amounts in Billions of Dollars