
Cost of billion-dollar tropical cyclones in the U.S. 1980-2022
In 2021, there were four billion-dollar tropical cyclone events registered across the United States, with incurred economic costs adding up to 82.5 billion U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, despite only reporting three such events, 2017 registered the highest cost of the indicated period. At over 315 billion dollars, it broke the standing record of the 21st century, previously held by 2005.