List of weather disasters of 2015 with a loss of more than one billion US dollars

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This list of weather disasters from 2015 with a loss of more than one billion US dollars names 29 natural disasters for which Aon Benfield has determined a loss of more than one billion US dollars and where the weather was the cause of the damage. Of these 29 natural events, seven are severe weather events such as hail and tornadoand storm (excluding tropical cyclones), eight are floods after extensive rainfall and three are the consequences of tropical cyclones. There are also three onset of winter and five droughts and two forest fire disasters. According to these calculations, the total economic damage of all natural disasters in 2015 amounts to 123 billion US dollars and is 31% below the average value for the years 2000–2014.

Eleven of these weather disasters affected the United States ; the evaluation of the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contains only eight such events, because the NCDC determined a loss of less than one billion US dollars in the severe weather disaster from December 22nd to 26th. Seven of the weather-related natural disasters affected parts of the People's Republic of China .

rank event area Period Damage amount
in billions of USD 		Number of victims
1 Forest fires Indonesia all year round 16.1 648
2 flooding Southeast United States 1-10 October 2015 5 21st
3 drought Western united states January 1–30. September 2015 4.5 0
4th Typhoon Mujigae Philippines and People's Republic of China 2-4 October 2015 4.2 22nd
5 Floods South India and Sri Lanka November 9–8. December 2015 4th 386
6th storm Great Plains, Midwest, Rocky Mountains, and Southeastern United States 23-28 May 2015 3.75 32
7th Winter weather Eastern United States 16.-22. May 2015 3.25 8th
8th Typhoon Soudelor Saipan, Taiwan and People's Republic of China 2nd-8th August 2015 3.2 41
9 storm Great Plains, Midwestern Southeastern United States 26.-30. December 2015 3 46
10 drought Romania, Poland, Czech Republic June 1–31. October 2015 2.7 0
11 flooding United Kingdom 22.-31. December 2015 2.5 0
12 flooding People's Republic of China 7-11 June 2015 2 16
13 drought South Africa July 1–30. November 2015 2.0 0
14th Forest fires California September 9–30. October 2015 2 7th
15th drought People's Republic of China all year round 1.8 0
16 storm Great Plains, Mississippi Valley, Midwestern United States 7-10 April 2015 1.65 3
17th Typhoon Chan-hom People's Republic of China 2-4 April 2014 1.6 16
18th flooding Chile March 25–8. April 2015 1.5 25th
19th drought Ethiopia October 1–31. December 2015 1.4 0
20th storm Great Plains, Southeast and Northeast United States 18.-21. April 2015 1.4 0
21st storm Rocky Mountains to mid-Atlantic states of the USA 19.-26. June 2015 1.3 4th
22nd flooding People's Republic of China 20th - 24th July 2015 1.2 28
23 flooding People's Republic of China 18.-22. May 20155 1.15 48
24 Hurricane Ted United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway 4th to 5th December 2015 1.1 3
25th Storm with tornado outbreak Great Plains, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States 22-26 December 2015 1 18th
26th storm Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and Midwestern United States 6-13 May 2015 1 6th
27 drought western Canada all year round 1 0
28 Hurricanes Mike and Niklas Western and Central Europe March 29–1. April 2015 1 9
29 flooding France 3rd to 4th October 2015 1 19th

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