September 11th - A Nation Recovers

Most Expensive Presidentially-Declared Disasters*

EVENT YEAR FEMA FUNDING*
Hurricane Katrina (FL,LA,MS,AL)
2005 $29,318,576,948**
Attack on America - WTC (NY, NJ, VA)
2001 $8,818,350,120
Northridge Earthquake (CA)
1994 $6,978,325,877
Hurricane Rita (TX,LA)
2005
$3,749,698,351
Hurricane Ivan (LA,AL,MS,FL,NC,GA,NJ,PA,WV,NY,TN)
2004
$2,431,034,355
Hurricane Georges (AL, FL, MS, PR, VI)
1998 $2,245,157,178
Hurricane Wilma (FL)
2005 $2,110,738,364
Hurricane Charley (FL,SC)
2004 $1,885,466,628
Hurricane Andrew (FL,LA)
1992 $1,813,594,813
Hurricane Frances (FL,NC,PA,OH,NY,GA,SC)
2004 $1,773,440,505

* Numbers are in actual dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
** Approximately 68 percent funded.



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A Nation Recovers
  A Message to the American People
  Searching for Hope
  A Quick Response
  Providing Comfort in a Time of Need
  Partnering in Pennsylvania
  A Call to Action
  From 9/11 to One-to-One
  Moving Sacred Ground
  Rising from the Ashes
  First a Responder, Then a Hero
  A Lesson in Recovery
  There's No Place Like Home
  Taking Care of Business
  Someone to Lean On
  On the (Sub)Way to Recovery
  Charts and Summaries
   Top 10 Disasters
   In Summary

Federal Emergency Management Agency