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Top Ten Hurricane Disasters Ranked By FEMA Relief

Event	Year	FEMA Funding*
Hurricane Katrina (AL, LA, MS)	2005	$7.2 billon*
Hurricane Georges (AL, FL, LA, MS, PR, VI)	1998	$2.251 billion
Hurricane Ivan (AL, FL, GA,LA, MS, NJ, NY, NC, PA, TN, WVA)	2004	$1.947 billon**
Hurricane Andrew (FL, LA)	1992	$1.813 billion
Hurricane Charley (FL, SC)	2004	$1.559 billon**
Hurricane Frances (FL, GA, NY, NC, OH, PA, SC)	2004	$1.425 billion**
Hurricane Jeanne (DE, FL, PR, VI, VA)	2004	$1.407 billon**
Hurricane Hugo (NC, SC, PR, VI)	1989	$1.307 billion
Hurricane Floyd CT, DE, FL, ME, MD, NH, NJ, NY, NC, PA, SC, VT, VA)	1999	$1.050 billon
Hurricane Fran (MD, NC, PA, SC, VA, WVA)	1996	$617.8 million

Funding is based on data for the period of 1953-2004. Data for years prior to 1988 are limited only to costs for disaster assistance programs of FEMA and its predecessor agencies. All amounts are in nominal dollars, unadjusted for inflation, and do not include funding provided by other participating federal agencies under separate spending authorities.

*Amount obligated from the President's Disaster Relief Fund for FEMA's assistance programs, hazard mitigation grants, federal mission assignments, contractual services and administrative costs as of March 31, 2006.

**Amount obligated from the President's Disaster Relief Fund for FEMA's assistance programs, hazard mitigation grants, federal mission assignments, contractual services and administrative costs as of May 31, 2005.

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