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Top 10 Most Significant Flood Events By National Flood Insurance Program Payouts (1)

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Rank	Date	Event	Location	Number of paid losses	Amount paid ($ millions)	Average paid loss
1	Aug. 2005	Hurricane Katrina	AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, TN	167,995	$16,320	$97,144
2	Oct. 2012	Superstorm Sandy	CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV	131,502	8,596	65,370
3	Sep. 2008	Hurricane Ike	AR, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, OH, PA, TX	46,679	2,699	57,826
4	Aug. 2016	Louisiana severe storms and flooding	LA	26,949	2,407	89,325
5	Sep. 2004	Hurricane Ivan	AL, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV	28,298	1,612	56,973
6	Aug. 2011	Hurricane Irene	CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT	44,287	1,343	30,333
7	Jun. 2001	Tropical Storm Allison	FL, LA, MS, NJ, PA, TX	30,671	1,105	36,028
8	Oct. 2016	Hurricane Matthew	FL, GA, NC, SC, VA	16,193	619	38,217
9	May 1995	Louisiana flood	LA	31,343	585	18,667
10	Aug. 2012	Tropical Storm Isaac	AL, FL, LA, MS	12,069	558	46,227

(1) Includes events from 1978 to May 31, 2016, as of August 18, 2017. Defined by the National Flood Insurance Program as an event that produces at least 1,500 paid losses. Stated in dollars when occurred. Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency; U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center.