Tuesday 2 June 2009 7 costliest US Atlantic cyclones

Cost adjusted for wealth normalization

  1. "Miami" - 1926 ($157 billion)
  2. "Galveston" - 1900 ($99.4 billion)
  3. Katrina - 2005 ($81.0 billion)
  4. "Galveston" - 1915 ($68.0 billion)
  5. Andrew - 1992 ($55.8 billion)
  6. "New England" - 1938 ($39.2 billion)
  7. "Pinar del Río" - 1944 ($38.7 billion)

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