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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Feb 16;70(6):1695–1703. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17702

Table 1.

Hurricane Disasters included in study

Hurricane Month of Landfall Cost in Billionsa Category at Landfall Landfall Location
High damage
 Katrina August 2005 $160.0 5 Orleans Parish, LA
 Sandy October 2012 $70.2 1 Atlantic County, NJ
 Ike September 2008 $34.8 2 Galveston County, TX
Medium damage
 Ivan September 2004 $27.1 3 Baldwin County, AL
 Wilma October 2005 $24.3 2 Collier County, FL
 Rita September 2005 $23.7 3 Jefferson County, TX
Low damage
 Irene August 2011 $15.0 1 Carteret County, NC
 Frances August 2004 $13.6 2 Martin County, FL
a:

Consumer price index adjusted to 2015

Source: Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/events/US/2000-2015