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Costly catastrophies
Hurricane damage The top catastrophies based on insured losses as reported by the Property Claim Services of the American Insurance Services Group, Inc. are as follows:
Aug '92  Hurricane Andrew   $15.5 billion
Jan '94 Northridge quake  $4.5 billion
Sept '89  Hurricane Hugo $4.2 billion
Oct '91 Oakland (CA) fire  $1.7 billion
Mar '93 24-state winter storm $1.6 billion
Sept '92 Hurricane Iniki $1.6 billion
Oct '89 Loma Prieta (CA) quake $960 million
Oct '93 Brush fires (CA) $950 million

Articles on disasters and recovery
Listed below are links to articles about disasters and recovery:

  Earthquake predictions
  Disaster plans
  Arson
  History