Causing economic losses of around 40 billion U.S. dollars (CPI adjusted), the Great Flood of 1993 was one of the most devastating in U.S. history. The Midwest is frequently flooded. Flooding is expected to worsen over the next century. Between 2016 and October 2021, there were 11 billion-dollar flooding events in the U.S.
Major flooding events in the United States from 1980 to 2021, by economic cost
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Economic cost in billion U.S. dollars
Midwest (Jun 27-Aug 15, 1993)
40.2
Midwest (Apr 1-Jun 30, 2008)
12.9
Missouri River and North Central (Mar 14-31, 2019)
11.6
Louisiana (Aug 12- 5, 2016)
11.5
Mississippi River, Midwest and Southern (Mar 15-Jul 31, 2019)
6.7
Northern Plains (Feb 3-May 24, 1997)
6.3
West Coast (Jan 1-11, 1997)
5.2
California (Jan 1-Mar 31, 1995)
4.6
Gulf states (Dec 1, 1982-Jan 15, 1983)
4.5
Western (Dec 13, 1982-Mar 31, 1983)
4.3
Mississippi River (Apr 1-May 31, 2011)
3.7
Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland (Nov 3-8, 1985)
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