Billion-dollar disasters

Midwest Severe Weather

June 27 to 29, 2017 · Severe Storm · $1.8 billion in 2024 dollars

One of the severe storm disasters on NOAA’s billion-dollar list: $1.8 billion in losses at 2024 prices ($1.4 billion at the time).

What the offices filed during it

The 140 most significant severe storm episodes filed in these dates, colored by kind.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Losses, 2024 dollars
$1.8 billion
Losses at the time
$1.4 billion
Deaths
0

The losses and deaths are NCEI’s, counting everything the disaster did. The episodes below are only what the Weather Service filed in its Storm Events record, which counts damage differently and often not at all, so the two never add up and are shown apart.

By state, as filed

StateEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage filed
New Mexico3700$2.3 million
Nebraska13100$1.7 million
Wisconsin3500$1.1 million
Illinois2300$618,000
Vermont700$435,000
Ohio1500$337,000
Iowa13501$250,000
Louisiana500$150,000
Minnesota1000$148,000
Kansas9100$119,000
New York5404$104,000
Washington800$90,000
Oklahoma5000$71,000
Idaho900$64,000
Mississippi1000$54,000
Missouri5000$22,000
Wyoming2500$20,000
Connecticut1500$17,000
Pennsylvania700$16,000
Florida623$16,000
Texas2500$12,000
Puerto Rico300$7,000
Colorado3400$5,000
Oregon600$2,000
Alabama100$2,000
Indiana100$2,000
South Dakota7200
Virginia1000
Maine700
North Dakota700
Montana600
Massachusetts400
Arkansas300
Nevada200
New Hampshire200
Tennessee110
Michigan100
South Carolina100

Episode by episode

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Sources

NOAA NCEI, U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2025), https://doi.org/10.25921/stkw-7w73, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.