1980-2010 Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters (Damage Amounts in Billions of Dollars and Costs Normalized to 2007 Dollars Using GNP Inflation / Wealth Index) Drought / Heat Wave 1980 e $55.4 ~10,000 Deaths Hurricane Alicia Florida Freeze Gulf Storms / Flooding W Storms / Flooding 1983 $6.3 21 Deaths ~ $4.2 No Deaths ~ $2.3 ~ 50 Deaths ~ $2.3 ~ 45 Deaths Florida Freeze Hurricane Elena Hurricane Juan 1985 ~ $2.3 No Deaths $2.5 4 Deaths $2.9 63 Deaths Drought / Heat Wave 1986 $2.4 ~100 Deaths e = estimated > = greater than/at least ~ = approximately/about Drought / Heat Wave * = undetermined 1988 e $71.2 ~7,500 Deaths < 5 5-20 20-30 30-40 > 40 Hurricane Hugo N Plains Drought 1989 > $15.3 86 Deaths > $1.7 No Deaths Amounts in Billions of Dollars S Plains Flooding California Freeze 1990 > $1.6 13 Deaths > $5.5 No Deaths Source: NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center Asheville, NC 28801-5001 www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/billionz.html Hurricane Bob Oakland CA Firestorm 1991 $2.3 18 Deaths ~ $3.9 25 Deaths Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Iniki Nor’easter 1992 ~ $40.0 61 Deaths ~ $2.7 7 Deaths $2.3 19 Deaths E Storm / Blizzard SE Drought / Heat Wave Midwest Flooding CA Wildfires 1993 $7.9 ~ 270 Deaths ~ $1.4 > 16 Deaths ~ $30.2 48 Deaths ~ $1.4 4 Deaths SE Ice Storm Tropical Storm Alberto Texas Flooding W Fire Season 1994 ~ $4.2 9 Deaths ~ $1.4 32 Deaths ~ $1.4 19 Deaths ~ $1.4 No Deaths CA Flooding SE / SW Severe Wx Hurricane Marilyn Hurricane Opal 1995 > $4.1 27 Deaths $7.5 32 Deaths e $2.9 13 Deaths > $4.1 27 Deaths Blizzard / Flooding Pacific NW Flooding S Plains Drought Hurricane Fran 1996 ~ $4.0 187 Deaths ~ $1.3 9 Deaths ~ $6.8 No Deaths > $6.6 37 Deaths Midwest Flood / Tornadoes N Plains Flooding W Coast Flooding 1997 e $1.3 67 Deaths ~ $4.8 11 Deaths ~ $3.9 36 Deaths New England Ice Storm SE Severe Wx MN Severe Storms / Hail S Drought / Heat Wave Hurricane Bonnie 1998 > $1.8 16 Deaths > $1.3 132 Deaths > $1.9 1 Death $9.5 > 200 Deaths ~ $1.3 3 Deaths Hurricane Georges Texas Flooding California Freeze e $7.4 16 Deaths ~ $1.3 31 Deaths $3.2 No Deaths AR - TN Tornadoes OK - KS Tornadoes E Drought / Heat Wave Hurricane Floyd 1999 ~ $1.6 17 Deaths > $2.0 55 Deaths > $1.2 e 502 Deaths e > $7.4 77 Deaths Drought / Heat Wave Western Fires 2000 e > $4.8 ~ 140 Deaths > $2.4 No Deaths Tropical Storm Allison Midwest / OH Valley 2001 e ~ $5.6 > 43 Deaths Hail / Tornadoes > $2.2 > 3 Deaths 30-State Drought Western Fires Severe Wx / Tornadoes 2002 e > $11.4 No Deaths > $2.3 ~21 Deaths > $1.9 7 Deaths Severe Wx / Hail Severe Wx / Tornadoes Hurricane Isabel S California Wildfires 2003 > $1.8 3 Deaths > $3.8 51 Deaths ~ $5.6 55 Deaths > $2.8 22 Deaths Hurricane Charley Hurricane Frances Hurricane Ivan Hurricane Jeanne 2004 e ~ $16.5 35 Deaths e ~ $9.9 48 Deaths e > $15.4 57 Deaths e > $7.7 28 Deaths Hurricane Dennis Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Rita Midwest Drought Hurricne Wilma 2005 e > $2.2 > 15 Deaths e ~ $133.8 > 1833 Deaths e ~ $17.1 119 Deaths e > $1.1 No Deaths e ~ $17.1 35 Deaths Numerous Wildfires Widespread Drought Severe Storms Northeast Flooding MW / SE MW / Ohio Valley 2006 > $1.0 28 Deaths Tornadoes > $1.0 20 Deaths Tornadoes Tornadoes e > $6.2 * Deaths e > $1.0 10 Deaths > $1.5 10 Deaths ~ $1.1 27 Deaths Great Plans East / South East Drought Western Wildfires Spring Freeze Severe Weather California Freeze 2007 > $5.0 * Deaths > $1.0 12 Deaths > $2.0 No Deaths > $1.5 9 Deaths > $1.4 1 Deaths Southeast / MW / Ohio Valley MW / Mid-Atl. Midwest Flooding U.S. Wild Fires Midwest Tornadoes Svr Wx / Tornadoes 2008 Svr Wx / Tornadoes e > $15.0 24 Deaths > $2.0 16 Deaths > $1.0 57 Deaths > $2.4 13 Deaths > $1.1 18 Deaths Hurricane Dolly Hurricane Gustav Hurricane Ike Widespread Drought > $1.2 3 Deaths > $5.0 53 Deaths > $27.0 > 112 Deaths > $2.0 No Deaths Southeast / Ohio Valley Midwest / Southeast South / Southeast Midwest, South, East Western Southwest / G. Plains 2009 Severe Weather Tornadoes Tornadoes & Severe Weather Severe Weather Wild Fires Drought > $1.4 10 Deaths > $1.0 No Deaths > $1.2 6 Deaths > $1.1 No Deaths > $1.0 10 Deaths e > $5.0 No Deaths Northeast East / South Midwest 2010 Flooding Flooding / Severe Weather Tornadoes & Severe Weather > $1.5 11 Deaths > $2.3 32 Deaths > $3.0 3 Deaths.