Total economic damage caused by natural disasters in the U.S. 1900-2016
Economic damage caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type (in million U.S. dollars)
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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| Economic damage in million U.S. dollars | |
|---|---|
| Tropical cyclone | 403,561.81 |
| Convective storm | 168,072.77 |
| General flood | 47,886.43 |
| Riverine flood | 47,682 |
| Ground movement | 41,740.77 |
| Drought | 39,135 |
| Forest fire | 12,630.5 |
| Extra-tropical storm | 11,000 |
| Heat wave | 9,025 |
| Cold wave | 7,060 |
| Land fire (Brush, Bush, Pastur) | 5,014.1 |
| Flash flood | 3,526.83 |
| Ash fall | 860 |
| Landslide | 20 |
| Tsunami | 0.9 |
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