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Top Ten Natural Disasters
Ranked By FEMA Relief Costs
| Event |
Year |
FEMA Funding* |
Northridge Earthquake
(CA) |
1994 |
$6.967 billion |
Hurricane Georges
(AL, FL, LA, MS, PR, VI) |
1998 |
$2.255 billion |
Hurricane Andrew
(FL, LA) |
1992 |
$1.814 billion |
Hurricane Hugo
(NC, SC, PR, VI) |
1989 |
$1.307 billion |
Midwest Floods
(IL, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI) |
1993 |
$1.140 billion |
Tropical Storm Allison
(FL, LA, MS, PA, TX) |
2001 |
$1.375 billion |
Hurricane Floyd
(CT, DE, FL, ME, MD, NH, NJ, NY, NC, PA, SC, VT, VA) |
1999 |
$1.054 billion |
Loma Prieta Earthquake
(CA) |
1989 |
$865.8 million |
Red River Valley Floods
(MN, ND, SD) |
1997 |
$741.2 million |
Miami FLoods
(FL)
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2000 |
$623.1 million |
*Amount obligated from the President's Disaster Relief Fund for FEMA's assistance programs, hazard mitigation grants, federal mission assignments, contractual services and administrative costs as of July 31, 2004. Figures do not include funding provided by other participating federal agencies, such as the disaster loan programs of the Small Business Administration and the Agriculture Department's Farm Service Agency. Note: Funding amounts are stated in nominal dollars, unadjusted for inflation.
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