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Deadly Storms
Billion Dollar Storms 1980 through 2004

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Of course, Hurricane Katrina is now believed to be the costliest
storm in American history (although we'll need to evaluate Hurricane Rita as well),
with overall recovery costs exceeding $60 billion, and insurance liabilities estimates of $50 billion
or more. IRS revenue loss due to storm deductions could exceed another $25 billion.

Time Series Chart- larger landscape view

State Frequency Map

Chronological Chart - larger view

Printable Copy of This Report, 1980-2004

The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is the “Nation’s Scorekeeper” in terms of addressing severe weather events in their historical perspective. As part of its responsibility of “monitoring and assessing the climate,” NCDC tracks and evaluates climate events in the U.S. and globally that have great economic and societal impacts. NCDC is frequently called upon to provide summaries of global and US temperature and precipitation trends, extremes, and comparisons in their historical perspective.

Note: The images above reflect 1980-2004 events, and are updated as needed. Please note that the national map color-coded by state (above right) reflects a summation of billion dollar events, for each state affected--ie, it does not mean that each state shown suffered at least $1 billion in losses for each event. Use Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader for the PDF files.

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