Storm records

Hurricane (Typhoon)

2,149 events, 1996 to 2024

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 64 knots (74 mph) or more, filed per forecast zone for its wind, and with separate events for its flooding, surge and tornadoes. Every one the National Weather Service has filed, by year and by state, with the deadliest and costliest.

The deadliest and costliest on the map

The deadliest and costliest hurricane (typhoon) episodes on record.

  • 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 record

Events
2,149
Deaths
1,384
Injuries
4,253
Damage
$168 billion

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Every year

Deaths each year

The deadliest

Deaths from this kind of event within each episode.

The costliest

Damage from this kind of event within each episode, in the dollars of its year.

By state

State or watersEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
North Carolina4243326$8.6 billion
Florida412215853$63 billion
Georgia3491491$6.3 billion
Louisiana3358777$45 billion
Mississippi176183104$16 billion
Texas85392,512$14 billion
Alabama7140$4.2 billion
Virginia6954$695 million
Guam6211631$7.1 billion
Puerto Rico4700$2.1 billion
South Carolina4433$257 million
American Samoa18020$60 million
Maryland1500$2.0 million
U.S. Virgin Islands1300$28 million
Hawaii1200
Maine802
Arkansas400$8.4 million
New Jersey300$1.1 million
New Hampshire100
Delaware100$50,000

Every kind of event

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.