U.S. natural disaster statistics
NOAA Storm Events, the SPC tornado database, FEMA declarations and flood claims, the FEMA National Risk Index
Over the ten years 2016-2025, NOAA recorded an average of 985 storm deaths and $27.2B of damage (2025 dollars) a year, and FEMA declared 65 major disasters a year. Since 1996, heat has caused the most recorded deaths (6,736), then floods (3,050).
The national figures
- Storm events recorded
- 2,004,9721950 to June 30, 2026
- Tornadoes
- 73,4581950 to 2025
- FEMA declarations
- 5,2691953 to October 2, 2026
- Flood insurance claims
- 2,663,556$89.4B paid since 1978
- FEMA expected annual loss
- $153.8Ba year, modeled (December 2025)
The last ten complete years
| Year | Storm records | Deaths | Damage, 2025 dollars | Major disaster declarations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69,950 | 857 | $4.7B | 45 |
| 2024 | 67,239 | 1,127 | $12.8B | 100 |
| 2023 | 72,599 | 1,454 | $17.1B | 71 |
| 2022 | 66,898 | 1,183 | $21.9B | 47 |
| 2021 | 58,299 | 1,229 | $13.5B | 58 |
| 2020 | 57,907 | 891 | $28.9B | 104 |
| 2019 | 65,006 | 721 | $8.7B | 61 |
| 2018 | 60,294 | 1,035 | $45.6B | 59 |
| 2017 | 54,534 | 711 | $96.8B | 59 |
| 2016 | 53,522 | 644 | $22.5B | 46 |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (revision 20260918); FEMA OpenFEMA, declarations counted once per disaster by the year declared. Search the record at NCEI.
Deaths by hazard since 1996
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, deaths direct and indirect as filed, 1996 on (all event types recorded).
Modeled loss by hazard
Source: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release, county expected annual loss summed. FEMA's National Risk Index map.