Costliest Atlantic Hurricanes

With tropical storms and hurricanes becoming stronger and more people living along the coast in the United States, the risk for more property damage has gone up. Below is the list of the top ten costliest Atlantic Hurricanes on record.

Watch the extent of the flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida at South Plainfield’s Spring Lake Park.

Storm	Year	Area Affected	Adjusted Cost
Hurricane Katrina	2005	Louisiana and Mississippi	$200 billion
Hurricane Harvey	2017	Texas	$160 billion
Hurricane Ian	2022	South Florida	$118.5 billion
Hurricane Maria	2017	Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles	$115.2 billion
Hurricane Sandy	2012	Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic, and New England	$88.5 billion
Hurricane Ida	2021	Louisiana, Southeastern United States, and Mid-Atlantic	$84.6 billion
Hurricane Irma	2017	Caribbean and South Florida	$64.0 billion
Hurricane Andrew	1992	South Florida and Louisiana	$60.2 billion
Hurricane Ike	2008	Southeastern Texas	$43.2 billion
Hurricane Ivan	2004	Alabama and Florida Panhandle	$34 billion

Table 1: Costliest Atlantic Hurricanes

NOTE: Official estimates for both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton have yet to be available.

Data courtesy of NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.