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Notable US Storms and Years in Numbers
The costliest, deadliest and strongest hurricanes and tornadoes in the federal records, and each recent year added up from NOAA and FEMA data.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
20 tropical systems and 8 tornadoes, picked by a rule fixed before the pages were built: the 10 systems with the most flood insurance claims, the 6 next with the most deaths in National Weather Service reports, the 4 with the strongest wind near a city, and the deadliest tornadoes since 1950 and since 2012.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
- Hurricane Katrina (2005)208,348 claims, $16.02 billion
- Hurricane Sandy (2012)144,848 claims, $8.66 billion
- Hurricane Harvey (2017)92,398 claims, $9.04 billion
- Hurricane Ike (2008)58,126 claims, $2.65 billion
- Hurricane Helene (2024)58,090 claims, $6.76 billion
- Hurricane Irene (2011)52,493 claims, $1.32 billion
- Hurricane Ian (2022)48,824 claims, $4.91 billion
- Tropical Storm Allison (2001)35,561 claims, $1.10 billion
- Hurricane Irma (2017)33,340 claims, $1.11 billion
- Hurricane Ivan (2004)32,886 claims, $1.59 billion
- Hurricane Ida (2021)28,318 claims, $1.35 billion
- Hurricane Michael (2018)5,120 claims, $252.1 million
- Hurricane Floyd (1999)27,447 claims, $460.1 million
- Hurricane Rita (2005)14,662 claims, $432.9 million
- Hurricane Matthew (2016)21,818 claims, $656.5 million
- Hurricane Florence (2018)16,803 claims, $735.5 million
- Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane (1935)835 cities
- Hurricane Camille (1969)362 cities
- Hurricane Andrew (1992)11,700 claims, $169.2 million
- San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane (1928)1,535 cities
Tornadoes
- The May 22, 2011 EF5 Tornado in Missouri, near Joplin158 killed
- The June 8, 1953 F5 Tornado in Michigan, near Flushing116 killed
- The May 11, 1953 F5 Tornado in Texas, near Waco114 killed
- The June 9, 1953 F4 Tornado in Massachusetts, near Framingham94 killed
- The May 25, 1955 F5 Tornado in Oklahoma, near Arkansas City, KS80 killed
- The April 27, 2011 EF5 Tornado in Alabama, near Madison72 killed
- The December 10, 2021 EF4 Tornado in Tennessee, near Mayfield, KY57 killed
- The May 20, 2013 EF5 Tornado in Oklahoma, near Moore24 killed
Years in numbers
- 2025 in numbers1,383 tornadoes · 1 tropical
- 2024 in numbers1,805 tornadoes · 7 tropical
- 2023 in numbers1,321 tornadoes · 4 tropical
- 2022 in numbers1,167 tornadoes · 5 tropical
- 2021 in numbers1,328 tornadoes · 10 tropical
- 2020 in numbers1,090 tornadoes · 14 tropical
How the storms are chosen and counted: methodology.