The FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), the
agency of the US government tasked with Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response & Recovery planning listed the most expensive presidentially-declared disasters in the USA in modern history.
1. Hurricane Katrina (FL,LA,MS,AL), 2005 – $29,318,576,948**
2. Attack on America – WTC (NY, NJ, VA), 2001 – $8,818,350,120
3. Northridge Earthquake (CA), 1994 – $6,978,325,877
4. Hurricane Rita (TX,LA), 2005 – $3,749,698,351
5. Hurricane Ivan (LA,AL,MS,FL,NC,GA,NJ,PA,WV,NY,TN), 2004 – $2,431,034,355
6. Hurricane Georges (AL, FL, MS, PR, VI), 1998 – $2,245,157,178
7. Hurricane Wilma (FL), 2005 – $2,110,738,364
8. Hurricane Charley (FL,SC), 2004 – $1,885,466,628
9. Hurricane Andrew (FL,LA), 1992 – $1,813,594,813
10. Hurricane Frances (FL,NC,PA,OH,NY,GA,SC), 2004 – $1,773,440,505
