Los Angeles wildfire drove the record cost of climate disasters in the first half of 2025
Cumulative cost of billion-dollar climate disasters over the first six months of each year, adjusted for inflation
2025
$101bn
$100bn
13 severe
storms
$40bn
$75bn
$50bn
Los Angeles
wildfire
$61bn
$25bn
0
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
Most expensive events, all-time
1
Hurricane Katrina
2005
$206bn
2
Hurricane Harvey
2017
164bn
3
Hurricane Ian
2022
122bn
4
Hurricane Maria
2017
118bn
5
Hurricane Sandy
2012
91bn
6
Hurricane Ida
2021
87bn
7
Hurricane Helene
2024
81bn
8
Hurricane Irma
2017
66bn
9
Hurricane Andrew
1992
62bn
10
Los Angeles wildfire
2025
61bn
2025
$101bn
$100bn
13 severe
storms
$40bn
$75bn
$50bn
Los Angeles
wildfire
$61bn
$25bn
0
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
Most expensive events, all-time
1
Hurricane Katrina
2005
$206bn
2
Hurricane Harvey
2017
164bn
3
Hurricane Ian
2022
122bn
4
Hurricane Maria
2017
118bn
5
Hurricane Sandy
2012
91bn
6
Hurricane Ida
2021
87bn
7
Hurricane Helene
2024
81bn
8
Hurricane Irma
2017
66bn
9
Hurricane Andrew
1992
62bn
10
Los Angeles wildfire
2025
61bn
2025
$101bn
$100bn
13 severe
storms
$40bn
$75bn
$50bn
Los Angeles
wildfire
$61bn
$25bn
0
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
Most expensive events, all-time
1
Hurricane Katrina
2005
$206bn
2
Hurricane Harvey
2017
164bn
3
Hurricane Ian
2022
122bn
4
Hurricane Maria
2017
118bn
5
Hurricane Sandy
2012
91bn
6
Hurricane Ida
2021
87bn
7
Hurricane Helene
2024
81bn
8
Hurricane Irma
2017
66bn
9
Hurricane Andrew
1992
62bn
10
Los Angeles wildfire
2025
61bn
2025
$101bn
$100bn
13 severe
storms
$40bn
$75bn
$50bn
Los Angeles
wildfire
$61bn
$25bn
0
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
Most expensive events, all-time
1
Hurricane Katrina
2005
$206bn
2
Hurricane Harvey
2017
164bn
3
Hurricane Ian
2022
122bn
4
Hurricane Maria
2017
118bn
5
Hurricane Sandy
2012
91bn
6
Hurricane Ida
2021
87bn
7
Hurricane Helene
2024
81bn
8
Hurricane Irma
2017
66bn
9
Hurricane Andrew
1992
62bn
10
Los Angeles wildfire
2025
61bn
2025
$101bn
$100bn
13 severe
storms
$40bn
$75bn
$50bn
Los Angeles
wildfire
$61bn
$25bn
0
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
Most expensive events, all-time
1
Hurricane Katrina
2005
$206bn
2
Hurricane Harvey
2017
164bn
3
Hurricane Ian
2022
122bn
4
Hurricane Maria
2017
118bn
5
Hurricane Sandy
2012
91bn
6
Hurricane Ida
2021
87bn
7
Hurricane Helene
2024
81bn
8
Hurricane Irma
2017
66bn
9
Hurricane Andrew
1992
62bn
10
Los Angeles wildfire
2025
61bn
2025
$101bn
$100bn
13 severe
storms
$40bn
$75bn
$50bn
Los Angeles
wildfire
$61bn
$25bn
0
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
Most expensive events, all-time
1
Hurricane Katrina
2005
$206bn
2
Hurricane Harvey
2017
164bn
3
Hurricane Ian
2022
122bn
4
Hurricane Maria
2017
118bn
5
Hurricane Sandy
2012
91bn
6
Hurricane Ida
2021
87bn
7
Hurricane Helene
2024
81bn
8
Hurricane Irma
2017
66bn
9
Hurricane Andrew
1992
62bn
10
Los Angeles wildfire
2025
61bn