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Flood Damage in the United States, 1927-1000
A Reanalysis of National Weather Service Estimates

Table 7-1. Minnesota flood damage expenditures in major flood years 1993 and 1997 (in millions of 1995 dollars). Source: MDPS 2000.

  1993 1997
Disaster costs itemized by Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety
Federal, state, and local government direct costs sssociated with FEMA assistance programs* (excluding temporary housing and hazard mitigation) 		129.7 404.3
Disaster costs itemized by Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety
Insured losses (estimate) 		73.0 154.0
Disaster costs itemized by Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety
Total direct damage costs (non-agricultural) 		202.7 558.3
Small Business Administration loans to cover physical damage
SBA physical damage loans for homes and businesses 		16.0 74.6
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture loans to farmers, year following disaster
Emergency loans through the Farm Service Agency 		21.2 10.3

* FEMA-993-DR-MN in 1993; FEMA-1175-DR-MN and FEMA-1158-DR-MN in 1997.

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A report of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Weather Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Global Programs, pursuant to NOAA Award No. NA96GP0451 through a cooperative agreement. In partnership between the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado.
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