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Photos: Billion-dollar US hurricanes and tropical storms since 1980
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Photos: Billion-dollar US hurricanes and tropical storms since 1980

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  • May 15, 2022
  • May 15, 2022 Updated Feb 12, 2024
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Here are 41 of the costliest tropical cyclone disaster events affecting the United States between 1980-2021, according to the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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