How Much Have Recent Natural Disasters Cost Your State?

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Alina Bradford
Jan 17, 2025
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Between 2019 and September 2024, natural disasters have left a big financial impact on many states. Hurricanes hit Louisiana and Florida the hardest, with Louisiana seeing $22.1 billion in hurricane damage and Florida close behind at $19.5 billion. Other states, like Hawaii and Colorado, faced significant wildfire costs, while Texas dealt with major damages from tornadoes, hurricanes, and flash floods.

Below, you'll find a detailed breakdown of the total and individual disaster costs for states and territories based on data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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Natural disaster costs by state

Alabama

  • Hurricane: $310,440,000
  • Tornado: $32,509,300
  • Flash Flood: $5,540,000
  • Flood: $250,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Heavy Snow: $0

Alaska

  • Flood: $37,572,740
  • Flash Flood: $14,000,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Heavy Snow: $0
  • Tornado: $0
  • Wildfire: $0

American Samoa

  • Flash Flood: $1,598,000
  • Heavy Rain: $902,000
  • Flood: $10,000
  • Tsunami: $0

Arizona

  • Flash Flood: $101,004,500
  • Wildfire: $51,540,000
  • Flood: $10,450,500
  • Heavy Rain: $1,505,000
  • Tornado: $915,000
  • Heavy Snow: $55,000

Arkansas

  • Tornado: $707,472,300
  • Flood: $10,140,000
  • Flash Flood: $3,778,000
  • Heavy Snow: $90,000
  • Heavy Rain: $25,000
  • Wildfire: $0

California

  • Flash Flood: $835,845,000
  • Flood: $358,684,100
  • Wildfire: $271,557,510
  • Tsunami: $9,500,000
  • Heavy Snow: $1,526,020
  • Heavy Rain: $1,023,740
  • Tornado: $649,000

Colorado

  • Wildfire: $2,337,376,000
  • Flood: $6,404,960
  • Flash Flood: $4,597,610
  • Tornado: $2,170,500
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Heavy Snow: $0

Connecticut

  • Flash Flood: $9,217,010
  • Tornado: $981,500
  • Flood: $663,000
  • Heavy Snow: $3,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0

Delaware

  • Flash Flood: $3,650,000
  • Flood: $0
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Tornado: $0

District of Columbia

  • Flash Flood: $600,000
  • Tornado: $200,000
  • Flood: $0

Florida

  • Hurricane: $19,514,079,000
  • Flood: $1,101,002,100
  • Tornado: $273,879,740
  • Wildfire: $100,962,000
  • Flash Flood: $87,230,000
  • Heavy Rain: $105,000

Georgia

  • Hurricane: $836,000,000
  • Tornado: $50,259,000
  • Flash Flood: $12,803,510
  • Flood: $493,100
  • Heavy Rain: $10,000
  • Heavy Snow: $0
  • Wildfire: $0

Guam

  • Hurricane: $4,003,900,000
  • Flash Flood: $34,500
  • Flood: $500
  • Wildfire: $0

Hawaii

  • Wildfire: $5,554,866,000
  • Flash Flood: $96,500,000
  • Flood: $5,001,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Heavy Snow: $0

Idaho

  • Wildfire: $139,458,000
  • Flood: $12,550,100
  • Flash Flood: $11,458,700
  • Heavy Snow: $189,000
  • Tornado: $1,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0

Illinois

  • Flash Flood: $595,441,000
  • Flood: $50,214,000
  • Tornado: $26,539,500
  • Heavy Snow: $75,000
  • Wildfire: $10,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0

Indiana

  • Tornado: $86,051,500
  • Flash Flood: $80,857,000
  • Heavy Snow: $1,540,000
  • Flood: $567,750
  • Wildfire: $35,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0

Iowa

  • Tornado: $295,806,200
  • Flood: $138,222,000
  • Flash Flood: $18,878,000
  • Wildfire: $300,000
  • Heavy Rain: $40,000
  • Heavy Snow: $0

Kansas

  • Tornado: $80,698,000
  • Flash Flood: $8,627,210
  • Wildfire: $2,416,000
  • Flood: $398,010
  • Heavy Rain: $50,000
  • Heavy Snow: $0

Kentucky

  • Tornado: $23,939,000
  • Flash Flood: $20,912,600
  • Flood: $20,236,450
  • Heavy Rain: $850,000
  • Heavy Snow: $35,000
  • Wildfire: $0

Louisiana

  • Hurricane: $22,100,000,000
  • Flash Flood: $664,032,000
  • Tornado: $602,396,500
  • Wildfire: $22,915,000
  • Flood: $17,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Heavy Snow: $0

Maine

  • Flood: $33,288,000
  • Flash Flood: $17,153,000
  • Tornado: $4,000
  • Heavy Snow: $0

Maryland

  • Tornado: $40,013,000
  • Flash Flood: $2,511,000
  • Flood: $215,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0

Massachusetts

  • Flash Flood: $30,929,700
  • Tornado: $5,116,000
  • Flood: $1,918,900
  • Heavy Snow: $182,500
  • Heavy Rain: $25,000

Michigan

  • Flash Flood: $434,681,000
  • Tornado: $220,131,000
  • Flood: $149,772,500
  • Heavy Snow: $800,000
  • Wildfire: $210,000
  • Heavy Rain: $2,000

Minnesota

  • Flood: $42,858,500
  • Tornado: $27,737,000
  • Flash Flood: $5,254,100
  • Heavy Snow: $1,015,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Wildfire: $0

Mississippi

  • Tornado: $466,942,100
  • Hurricane: $99,500,000
  • Flash Flood: $42,513,500
  • Heavy Snow: $1,200,000
  • Flood: $1,174,000
  • Heavy Rain: $77,000

Missouri

  • Tornado: $226,115,000
  • Flash Flood: $183,175,500
  • Flood: $5,601,500
  • Heavy Snow: $400,000
  • Wildfire: $200,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0

Montana

  • Flood: $7,948,000
  • Wildfire: $3,870,000
  • Flash Flood: $3,305,000
  • Heavy Snow: $135,000
  • Tornado: $2,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0

Nebraska

  • Flood: $550,984,500
  • Flash Flood: $73,631,100
  • Tornado: $28,076,000
  • Wildfire: $7,960,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Heavy Snow: $0

Nevada

  • Flash Flood: $28,541,000
  • Flood: $18,242,000
  • Wildfire: $345,000
  • Heavy Rain: $180,000
  • Tornado: $20,000
  • Heavy Snow: $5,000

New Hampshire

  • Flash Flood: $9,859,000
  • Flood: $902,000
  • Tornado: $94,000
  • Heavy Snow: $0

New Jersey

  • Flash Flood: $220,193,000
  • Tornado: $5,447,000
  • Flood: $101,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Heavy Snow: $0

New Mexico

  • Wildfire: $199,580,000
  • Flash Flood: $29,334,400
  • Tornado: $4,705,000
  • Flood: $2,523,000
  • Heavy Snow: $740,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0

New York

  • Flash Flood: $614,456,000
  • Flood: $54,786,500
  • Tornado: $10,190,000
  • Heavy Snow: $726,900
  • Wildfire: $116,000
  • Heavy Rain: $12,000

North Carolina

  • Flash Flood: $2,163,563,000
  • Tornado: $330,414,000
  • Flood: $35,089,800
  • Wildfire: $364,000
  • Hurricane: $150,000
  • Heavy Rain: $35,500
  • Heavy Snow: $0

North Dakota

  • Flood: $16,043,000
  • Flash Flood: $15,942,000
  • Tornado: $3,122,000
  • Heavy Snow: $0

Ohio

  • Tornado: $629,229,250
  • Flash Flood: $82,709,850
  • Flood: $55,886,450
  • Heavy Snow: $20,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0

Oklahoma

  • Tornado: $381,058,000
  • Wildfire: $10,740,230
  • Flash Flood: $4,669,000
  • Flood: $250,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Heavy Snow: $0

Oregon

  • Flood: $57,526,000
  • Heavy Snow: $38,874,000
  • Wildfire: $15,100,000
  • Tornado: $144,000
  • Heavy Rain: $50,000
  • Flash Flood: $40,000
  • Tsunami: $0

Pennsylvania

  • Flash Flood: $387,699,000
  • Tornado: $22,550,000
  • Flood: $12,545,000
  • Heavy Snow: $424,150
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Wildfire: $0

Puerto Rico

  • Flash Flood: $15,164,300
  • Flood: $461,100
  • Wildfire: $400,000
  • Tornado: $180,000
  • Heavy Rain: $1,000

Rhode Island

  • Flash Flood: $1,143,500
  • Tornado: $430,000
  • Flood: $14,300
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Heavy Snow: $0

South Carolina

  • Tornado: $121,474,000
  • Flash Flood: $9,521,040
  • Flood: $2,974,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Heavy Snow: $0

South Dakota

  • Flood: $195,304,200
  • Tornado: $18,288,000
  • Flash Flood: $8,520,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Heavy Snow: $0
  • Wildfire: $0

Tennessee

  • Tornado: $1,838,703,000
  • Flash Flood: $292,716,810
  • Flood: $98,456,300
  • Wildfire: $2,500,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Heavy Snow: $0

Texas

  • Tornado: $2,162,870,000
  • Hurricane: $1,992,270,000
  • Flash Flood: $1,959,771,700
  • Flood: $518,854,000
  • Wildfire: $20,535,500
  • Heavy Snow: $6,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0

Utah

  • Flash Flood: $82,005,750
  • Flood: $4,762,250
  • Heavy Snow: $2,369,000
  • Wildfire: $2,180,000
  • Heavy Rain: $0
  • Tornado: $0

Vermont

  • Flash Flood: $176,802,000
  • Flood: $5,468,000
  • Tornado: $135,000

Virgin Islands

  • Flash Flood: $17,000
  • Flood: $0
  • Hurricane: $0
  • Tornado: $0

Virginia

  • Flash Flood: $141,109,680
  • Tornado: $51,842,170
  • Flood: $18,221,300
  • Wildfire: $1,554,000
  • Heavy Rain: $1,419,730
  • Heavy Snow: $0

Washington

  • Wildfire: $995,175,650
  • Flood: $335,586,400
  • Flash Flood: $4,397,400
  • Heavy Snow: $2,220,000
  • Heavy Rain: $1,745,000
  • Tornado: $240,000
  • Tsunami: $0

West Virginia

  • Flash Flood: $35,878,450
  • Tornado: $2,986,000
  • Flood: $2,464,760
  • Heavy Rain: $77,000
  • Heavy Snow: $71,000

Wisconsin

  • Tornado: $60,008,000
  • Flash Flood: $14,580,750
  • Flood: $5,869,500
  • Heavy Snow: $380,000
  • Wildfire: $93,000
  • Heavy Rain: $64,500

Wyoming

  • Wildfire: $27,250,000
  • Flood: $25,135,000
  • Flash Flood: $4,162,380
  • Tornado: $272,000
  • Heavy Snow: $0
Alina Bradford
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Alina is a safety and security expert with over 25 years of experience. She has contributed her insights to CNET, CBS, Digital Trends, MTV, Top Ten Reviews, and many others. After testing thousands of devices, apps, services, and more, her goal is to make safety and security gadgets less mystifying one article at a time. In the early 2000s, Alina worked as a volunteer firefighter, earning her first responder certification and paving the way to her current career. Plus, she has tested hundreds of pieces of security and safety equipment over the years. Places published: CBS, MTV, CVS, Rachael Ray, eBay, Reader’s Digest, ConsumerAffairs, and more. Certifications: Fire Service Training, Oklahoma State University. Awards: Received the Experience Leader certificate from Authority, putting her “in the top 25% among the thousands of professional content creators analyzed by Authory for the Fall 2023 audit.” You can view more of Alina's work at alinabradford.com.

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