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THE TEN MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOOD EVENTS, RANKED BY NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM PAYOUTS (1)

Rank	Event	Location	Date	Number of paid losses	Amount paid ($ millions)	Average paid loss
1	Hurricane Katrina	AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, TN	Aug. 2005	166,792	$16,075	$96,378
2	Hurricane Ike	AR, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, OH, PA, TX	Sep. 2008	45,244	2,468	54,555
3	Hurricane Ivan	AL, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV	Sep. 2004	27,599	1,576	57,091
4	Tropical Storm Allison	FL, LA, MS, NJ, PA, TX	Jun. 2001	30,662	1,104	35,998
5	Louisiana flood	LA	May 1995	31,343	585	18,667
6	Hurricane Isabel	DE, MD, NJ, NY, NC, PA, VA, WV	Sep. 2003	19,853	492	24,774
7	Hurricane Rita	AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, TN, TX	Sep. 2005	9,480	465	49,058
8	Hurricane Floyd	CT, DE, FL, GA, MA, ME, MD, NH, NJ, NC, PA, SC, VA, VT	Sep. 1999	20,439	462	22,617
9	Hurricane Opal	AL, NC, PR, SC, TN	Oct. 1995	10,343	406	39,208
10	Hurricane Hugo	GA, NC, PR, SC, VA, U.S. Virgin Islands	Sep. 1989	12,843	376	29,315

(1) Includes events from 1978 to June 30, 2009. Defined by the National Flood 杏吧原创 Program as an event that produces at least 1,500 paid losses. Stated in dollars when occurred.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Securiity, Federal Emergency Management Agency.