As of 2021, Hurricane Katrina was the costliest global weather mega-disaster since 1980 . The Category 5 Atlantic hurricane struck the Southeastern United States in August 2005, causing 182 billion U.S. dollars in damage. Hurricane Ida was the most-recent weather mega-disaster to make the top 5.
Costliest global weather mega-disasters from 1980 to 2021
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. (January 11, 2022). Costliest global weather mega-disasters from 1980 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1339663/global-costliest-weather-disasters/
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. (2022). Costliest global weather mega-disasters from 1980 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1339663/global-costliest-weather-disasters/
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