This statistic shows the amount of economic damage caused by different types of natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016. Tropical cyclones have caused approximately 403.56 billion U.S. dollars worth of damage since 1900 in the United States.
Economic damage caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type
(in million U.S. dollars)
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Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (November 17, 2016). Economic damage caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/236530/economic-damage-caused-by-natural-disasters-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Economic damage caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 17, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/236530/economic-damage-caused-by-natural-disasters-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (2016). Economic damage caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/236530/economic-damage-caused-by-natural-disasters-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Economic Damage Caused by Natural Disasters in The United States from 1900 to 2016, by Disaster Type (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/236530/economic-damage-caused-by-natural-disasters-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Economic damage caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/236530/economic-damage-caused-by-natural-disasters-in-the-us/ (last visited December 02, 2024)
Economic damage caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), November 17, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/236530/economic-damage-caused-by-natural-disasters-in-the-us/