The Deadliest Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters in US History

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14. Hurricane Sandy
> Start date: Oct 30, 2012
> Deaths: 159
> Cost: $82.0 billion

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13. Midwest/Southeast Tornadoes
> Start date: May 22, 2011
> Deaths: 177
> Cost: $11.7 billion

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12. Blizzard/Floods
> Start date: Jan 1, 1996
> Deaths: 187
> Cost: $5.7 billion

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11. Southern Drought and Heat Wave
> Start date: June 1, 1998
> Deaths: 200
> Cost: $6.4 billion

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10. Western Drought and Heat Wave
> Start date: Jan 1, 2021
> Deaths: 229
> Cost: $9.4 billion