Photos: Billion-dollar US hurricanes and tropical storms since 1980
Here are 41 of the costliest tropical cyclone disaster events affecting the United States between 1980-2021, according to the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
Hurricane Allen - 1980
A gigantic clean-up task is underway along the Texas Gulf Coast where hurricane Allen left his mark after stomping ashore on Sunday morning. Here workmen clear debris from around overturned pleasure boats at the Corpus Christi marina, Texas on August 12, 1980. (AP Photo/Ted Powers)
Hurricane Alicia - 1983
Employees of the Spin-N-Mart food store in Baytown take inventory and clean up what was left over after Hurricane Alicia stripped off the roof, Aug. 20, 1983. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin)
Hurricane Elena - 1985
Two Gulfport, Miss., men look at cars damaged when a tornado tore the roof off a school on Monday, Sept. 2, 1985 in Gulfport, Mississippi. The tornado followed in the wake of Hurricane Elena whose eye came ashore over Biloxi/Gulfport. (AP Photo/Tannen Maury)
Hurricane Hugo - 1989
FILE- In this Sept. 23, 1989 file photo, Lou de Liesseline pauses in despair after looking at the damage to her home on Folly Beach. The water surge caused by Hurricane Hugo moved the house off its foundations and back 100 feet. Hurricane Hugo might have been the first modern U.S. storm ushering in an era of live TV coverage and large scale coastal evacuations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Hurricane Bob - 1991
New England regional FEMA chief Ed Thomas, right, talks with Frank and Mary Mahady, Sept. 25, 1991 of Mattapoisett, Mass., whose home, seen intact in far background, survived Hurricane Bob because it was built to be hurricane-resistant. Federal officials are trying to convince people rebuilding structures to follow hurricane-resistant construction plans. (AP Photo/Stephen Rose)
Hurricane Iniki - 1992
A Poipu Beach resort on the Hawaiian island of Kauai is heavily damaged following high winds and rain from Hurricane Iniki, Sept. 12, 1992. The island remains without electricity and the airports are closed. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Hurricane Opal - 1995
Hurricane Opal's devastation to housing along Panama City Beach, Fla., is shown in an Oct. 5, 1995 file photo. Insurers are watching a new hurricane season blow into Florida hoping to "dodge bullets" again. (AP Photo/Mark Foley, File)
Hurricane Erin - 1995
Emergency medical crews on ATV patrol keep a sharp eye out for residents who may need medical aide Sunday, Oct. 8, 1995, during the second day residents were allowed back on Pensacola Beach to check on personal property damaged by Hurricane Erin. This view is of Ariola Drive on the gulf-side of Pensacola Beach which was one of the hardest hit areas in Pensacola. (AP Photo/Pensacola News Journal,Bruce Graner)
Tropical Storm Frances - 1998
Shawn Anderson, left, and Victoria Dues hold onto a street sign after their car stalled out while driving through floodwaters caused by Tropical Storm Frances Friday, Sept. 11, 1998, in Houston. The storm hit land early Friday and storms dumped heavy rain on the Houston area, flooding streets and homes throughout the city and outlying areas. (AP Photo/Brett Coomer)
Tropical Storm Allison - 2001
After losing electricity and backup generators due to flooding from Tropical Storm Allison, doctors and nurses at Herman Hospital evacuate a critically ill patient down powerless escalator stairs in Houston, in a Saturday, June 9, 2001 file photo. Officials of Houston hospitals say that as a result of the 2001 disaster, their institutions are in better shape to face Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/Michael Stravato, File)
Hurricane Andrew - 1992
The devastation left by Hurricane Andrew is clear in this Sept. 4, 1992 aerial file photo over Florida City, Fla. The storm damage to Florida City, Homestead and other small cities south of Miami was estimated at $30 billion, leaving some 180,000 people homeless. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Hurricane Lili - 2002
In this Oct. 3, 2002 file photo, Eusie Leboeuf of Pointe Aux Chenes, La., plays in the water in front of the Knights of Columbus Hall. A levee in this small south Louisiana town broke as Hurricane Lili came ashore, causing hundreds of homes to be flooded. It is the second time in ten years that Pointe Aux Chenes has flooded because of hurricanes. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, file)
Hurricane Charley - 2004
A Port Charlotte hardware store worker tries to salvage items from the store Saturday afternoon Aug. 14, 2004, in Port Charlotte, Fla. Hurricane Charley plowed through the area Friday afternoon leaving behind a path of destruction. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Hurricane Frances - 2004
Workers try to clear a mud slide on Interstate 40 outside of Black Mountain, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004 after the remnants of Hurricane Frances brought heavy rains and flooding to the area. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Hurricane Ivan - 2004
McKinleyville, W.Va. resident Bob Ohler walks through the debris left behind in Buffalo Creek, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004, in McKinleyville, after flooding from remnants of Hurricane Ivan last Friday devasted the rural Brooke County town. (AP Photo/Dale Sparks)
Hurricane Jeanne - 2004
Faith Glionna sits outside her nail salon as she waits for power to be retored in Indialantic, Fla., on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004. Glionna lost her home to Hurricane Frances three weeks ago and moved in with her mother, whose roof was blown off when Hurricane Jeanne struck the Florida coast last weekend. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Hurricane Dennis - 2005
Residents of Navarre Beach, Fla., walk past damage from Hurricane Dennis Monday, July 11, 2005. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Hurricane Katrina - 2005
Homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina are shown in this aerial view, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Hurricane Katrina - $180 billion in damage
Emanuel Honeycutt is followed by his son Emanuel Jr., 11, as he carries his daughter Eman, 9, through floodwaters in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, after the area was hit by Hurricane Katrina. Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many resident remained in the city. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Hurricane Rita - 2005
Erroll Dominque walks through his ruined area of cane fields Nov. 7, 2005 in Erath, La. Hay rolls and other debris floated into his fields from the tidial surge caused by hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)
Hurricane Wilma - 2005
Mark Gordon sits on a mattress in his homemade shelter in a Plantation, Fla. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005, one month after Hurricane Wilma destroyed the home he was living in. The shelter is in the middle of hurricane-littered parking lot on the day hurricane season ends. He is doing odd jobs for FEMA crews cleaning up after the storm. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
Hurricane Ike - 2008
Debris from Hurricane Ike lines the seawall Monday, Sept. 15, 2008 in Galveston, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Hurricane Gustav - 2008
Mary Kay Chetta looks through some of the lost items that evacuees lost during the evacuation from Hurricane Gustav at City Hall in New Orleans, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. Roughly 3 percent of the 28,000 Gustav evacuees may have had their luggage lost or mishandled, according to state and city figures. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Hurricane Irene 2011
Visitors play in the wind as Hurricane Irene passes through Virginia Beach, Va., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Hurricane Isaac - 2012
Don Duplantier walks through his flooded home as water recedes from Hurricane Isaac in Braithwaite, La., Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. In the foreground is a sign marking the waterline from Hurricane Katrina, but floodwater from Isaac went all the way up to the second floor. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Hurricane Matthew - 2016
A woman who identified herself as Valerie walks along flooded President Street after leaving her homeless camp after Hurricane Matthew caused flooding, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in Savannah, Ga. Matthew plowed north along the Atlantic coast, flooding towns and gouging out roads in its path. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Hurricane Maria - 2017
Manuel Morales Ortíz explains what his home suffered during the 2017 hurricane season, in Corozal, Puerto Rico, Monday, July 13, 2020. Nearly three years after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, tens of thousands of homes remain badly damaged. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Hurricane Florence - 2018
FILE- In this Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018 file photo, part of the Starlite Motel is washed away in the aftermath of flooding from Hurricane Florence in Spring Lake, N.C. Florence washed away half the rooms at the Starlite Motel ripping away the livelihood of a family that bought it in recent months. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File.)
Hurricane Dorian - 2019
Two Haitian migrants sit as one stands amid the ruins of a home destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in Abaco, Bahamas, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. A preliminary report estimates Dorian caused some $7 billion in damage, but the government has not yet offered any figures. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Hurricane Isaias - 2020
High water signs are posted along Ocean Drive following the effects of Hurricane Isaias in Caswell Beach, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Hurricane Laura - 2020
FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 file photo, buildings and homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura in Cameron, La. Laura, which jumped 65 mph (105 kph) in the day before landfall, tied the record for the biggest rapid intensification in the Gulf of Mexico, said former hurricane hunter meteorologist Jeff Masters. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Hurricane Sally - 2020
Sierra Patterson holds her three-week-old baby Tru Alexander in their flooded apartment where floodwaters reaches two feet inside, after Hurricane Sally moved through, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in , Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Hurricane Delta - 2020
FILE - Soncia King holds onto her husband, Patrick King, in Lake Charles, La., Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, as they walk through the flooded street to their home, after Hurricane Delta moved through the previous day. According to a study published in Nature Communications on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, climate change made the record-smashing deadly 2020 Atlantic hurricane season noticeably wetter. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Hurricane Ida - 2021
Displaced caskets that floated away from a cemetery during flooding sits along a road in Ironton, La., Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. A month after Hurricane Ida, small communities along Louisiana's southeastern coast are still without power or running water. Some residents have lost most of their possessions to the storm's floodwaters. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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