Billion-dollar events to affect the United States from 1980 to 2020* (CPI-AUnadjusted)
Disaster Type	Events	Events/Year	Percent Frequency	Total Costs	Percent of Total Costs	Cost/Event	Cost/Year	Deaths	Deaths/Year
Drought	27	0.7	10.2%	$252.7B^CI Drought Confidence Intervals 75%: $221.9B – $288.7B 90%: $211.8B – $301.1B 95%: $206.0B – $308.8B	14.2%	$9.4B	$6.2B	3,865^†	94^†
Drought	27	0.7	11.7%	$161.3B^CI Drought Confidence Intervals 75%: $145.2B – $181.7B 90%: $139.5B – $189.2B 95%: $135.9B – $193.9B	12.1%	$6.0B	$3.9B	3,865^†	94^†
Flooding	33	0.8	12.5%	$150.4B^CI Flooding Confidence Intervals 75%: $118.6B – $166.7B 90%: $111.7B – $175.8B 95%: $105.9B – $184.7B	8.5%	$4.6B	$3.7B	617	15
Flooding	30	0.7	13.0%	$105.4B^CI Flooding Confidence Intervals 75%: $83.7B – $117.4B 90%: $78.7B – $123.2B 95%: $75.0B – $129.9B	7.9%	$3.5B	$2.6B	576	14
Freeze	9	0.2	3.4%	$30.6B^CI Freeze Confidence Intervals 75%: $24.6B – $36.0B 90%: $23.4B – $37.6B 95%: $22.4B – $38.5B	1.7%	$3.4B	$0.7B	162	4
Freeze	8	0.2	3.5%	$15.5B^CI Freeze Confidence Intervals 75%: $12.5B – $18.4B 90%: $12.1B – $19.1B 95%: $11.5B – $19.4B	1.2%	$1.9B	$0.4B	162	4
Severe Storm	117	2.9	44.2%	$253.0B^CI Severe Storm Confidence Intervals 75%: $231.2B – $269.8B 90%: $222.4B – $280.5B 95%: $215.2B – $291.0B	14.2%	$2.2B	$6.2B	1,712	42
Severe Storm	97	2.4	42.0%	$191.7B^CI Severe Storm Confidence Intervals 75%: $175.4B – $204.5B 90%: $169.9B – $211.6B 95%: $165.0B – $219.2B	14.4%	$2.0B	$4.7B	1,442	35
Tropical Cyclone	45	1.1	17.0%	$954.4B^CI Tropical Cyclone Confidence Intervals 75%: $799.7B – $1,063.0B 90%: $749.1B – $1,134.3B 95%: $717.2B – $1,173.2B	53.7%	$21.2B	$23.3B	6,507	159
Tropical Cyclone	41	1.0	17.7%	$759.5B^CI Tropical Cyclone Confidence Intervals 75%: $634.1B – $850.3B 90%: $591.0B – $909.5B 95%: $564.3B – $941.3B	56.9%	$18.5B	$18.5B	6,475	158
Wildfire	17	0.4	6.4%	$85.4B^CI Wildfire Confidence Intervals 75%: $70.9B – $96.2B 90%: $68.2B – $101.2B 95%: $65.2B – $105.1B	4.8%	$5.0B	$2.1B	347	8
Wildfire	16	0.4	6.9%	$72.8B^CI Wildfire Confidence Intervals 75%: $60.7B – $82.4B 90%: $58.3B – $86.2B 95%: $55.4B – $89.8B	5.5%	$4.6B	$1.8B	347	8
Winter Storm	17	0.4	6.4%	$49.6B^CI Winter Storm Confidence Intervals 75%: $44.1B – $53.5B 90%: $42.3B – $56.1B 95%: $39.8B – $58.3B	2.8%	$2.9B	$1.2B	1,048	26
Winter Storm	12	0.3	5.2%	$27.6B^CI Winter Storm Confidence Intervals 75%: $24.6B – $29.8B 90%: $23.5B – $31.1B 95%: $22.9B – $32.1B	2.1%	$2.3B	$0.7B	709	17
All Disasters	265	6.5	100.0	$1,776.1B^CI All Disasters Confidence Intervals 75%: $1,511.0B – $1,973.9B 90%: $1,428.9B – $2,086.6B 95%: $1,371.7B – $2,159.6B	100.0%	$6.7B	$43.3B	14,258	348
All Disasters	231	5.6	100.0	$1,333.8B^CI All Disasters Confidence Intervals 75%: $1,136.2B – $1,484.5B 90%: $1,073.0B – $1,569.9B 95%: $1,030.0B – $1,625.6B	100.0%	$5.8B	$32.5B	13,576	331