This statistic shows the top ten natural disasters that caused the most economic damage in the United States between 1900 and 2016. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina resulted in approximately 125 billion U.S. dollars damage.
The ten natural disasters that caused the most economic damage in the United States from 1900 to 2016
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (November 17, 2016). The ten natural disasters that caused the most economic damage in the United States from 1900 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/236496/natural-disasters-that-caused-the-most-economic-damage-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "The ten natural disasters that caused the most economic damage in the United States from 1900 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 17, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/236496/natural-disasters-that-caused-the-most-economic-damage-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (2016). The ten natural disasters that caused the most economic damage in the United States from 1900 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/236496/natural-disasters-that-caused-the-most-economic-damage-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "The Ten Natural Disasters That Caused The Most Economic Damage in The United States from 1900 to 2016 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2016, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/236496/natural-disasters-that-caused-the-most-economic-damage-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), The ten natural disasters that caused the most economic damage in the United States from 1900 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/236496/natural-disasters-that-caused-the-most-economic-damage-in-the-us/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
The ten natural disasters that caused the most economic damage in the United States from 1900 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), November 17, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/236496/natural-disasters-that-caused-the-most-economic-damage-in-the-us/
