# Insurance Issues:  Floods 

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TOP 10 FLOOD EVENTS - INSURED LOSSES*

Date Place Event Loss Payment 
May 1995 Louisiana May 1995 Flooding $582,165,084 
October 1995 Florida Hurricane Opal 375,515,541 
September 1989 South Carolina Hurricane Hugo 360,016,092 
October 10, 1994 Texas  Texas Flood 215,542,734 
March 1993 Florida Blizzard of 1993 194,356,961  
December 1992 New Jersey December Storm- Nor'easter 178,685,128 
September 1996 North Carolina Hurricane Fran 172,107,877 
June 1993 Missouri Midwest Floods 171,648,025 
July 1979 Texas Tropical Storm Claudette 146,771,941 
August 1992 Florida Hurricane Andrew 139,119,067 

* Insured losses from the National Flood Insurance Program.

FLOOD INSURANCE

Flood damage is excluded