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THE TEN MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOOD EVENTS 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	167,397	$16,208	$96,821
2	Hurricane Ike	AR, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, OH, PA, TX	Sep. 2008	46,316	2,642	57,033
3	Hurricane Ivan	AL, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV	Sep. 2004	27,647	1,586	57,371
4	Tropical Storm Allison	FL, LA, MS, NJ, PA, TX	Jun. 2001	30,663	1,104	36,000
5	Louisiana flood	LA	May 1995	31,343	585	18,667
6	Hurricane Isabel	DE, MD, NJ, NY, NC, PA, VA, WV	Sep. 2003	19,864	493	24,825
7	Hurricane Rita	AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, TN, TX	Sep. 2005	9,514	472	49,562
8	Hurricane Floyd	CT, DE, FL, GA, MA, ME, MD, NH, NJ, NC, PA, SC, VA, VT	Sep. 1999	20,438	462	22,618
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	12,840	376	29,317

(1) Includes events from 1978 to July 31, 2011. 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 Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.