Hurricane Francine
NFIP flood claims
- Louisiana is the only state listed, with 97.8% of the storm’s paid claims.
- Jefferson Parish, LA alone accounts for 53.0% of the storm’s paid claims, followed by St. Charles Parish, LA and St. John the Baptist Parish, LA.
- By paid claims (1,744), Hurricane Francine is the 14th lowest of 42 named storms covered here, and the 13th highest of 42 by median paid claim in 2024 dollars.
- In 2024 dollars (CPI-U), its median paid claim, $36,048, is 42.4% above the middle value of the storm medians ($25,316).
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipClaims (v3, data as of 2026-09-09, retrieved 2026-10-12); CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items (CUUR0000SA0), annual average (BLS Public Data API v1, annual averages 2005-2025, retrieved 2026-10-12). Not an official federal report.
Landfall and storm report
The National Hurricane Center’s HURDAT2 best track of Hurricane Francine (AL062024, retrieved 2026-10-12) records 1 landfall, in or near a US county. It came on 2024-09-11 at 22:00 UTC, as a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 kt: HURDAT2 position 29.3N 91.3W, rounded to 0.1°; county containing or nearest it: Terrebonne Parish, LA.
| Date | Time (UTC) | Position | Strength | Wind (kt) | Pressure (mb) | County containing or nearest the position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-11 | 22:00 | 29.3N 91.3W | category 2 hurricane | 90 | 972 | Terrebonne Parish, LA |
National Hurricane Center report
From the NHC Tropical Cyclone Report on Hurricane Francine (retrieved 2026-10-12):
“Hurricane Francine was a category 2 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) that made landfall in southeastern Louisiana.”
“Francine produced significant flash flooding, wind, and storm surge impacts across portions of the southern United States and was responsible for over $1 billion (US) in damage in the United States.”
NFIP paid building claims in Hurricane Francine
NFIP claims: amounts paid, not repair cost. Window: event: Hurricane Francine, year of loss 2024; 1,744 paid claims; median $36,048, half of them between $13,222 (Q1) and $68,975 (Q3), in nominal dollars. Median in 2024 dollars (CPI-U): $36,048, a monetary adjustment, not today’s cost of repair.
Paid claims by year of loss
| Year of loss | Paid claims |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,744 |
Paid claims by state
| State | Paid claims | Median paid |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 1,705 | $36,269 |
Counties with the most paid claims
| County | FIPS | Paid claims |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Parish | 22051 | 925 |
| St. Charles Parish | 22089 | 194 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | 22095 | 143 |
| Lafourche Parish | 22057 | 102 |
Questions about Hurricane Francine flood claims
How many flood insurance claims were paid after Hurricane Francine?
1,744 NFIP building claims carrying FEMA’s Hurricane Francine event label were paid (event: Hurricane Francine, year of loss 2024), with a median of $36,048; half of them fall between $13,222 and $68,975. These are amounts paid, not repair cost.
Which counties had the most Hurricane Francine flood claims?
Jefferson Parish, LA (925), St. Charles Parish, LA (194) and St. John the Baptist Parish, LA (143), across 1 state listed.
What is the median Hurricane Francine flood claim in 2024 dollars?
$36,048 once each claim is adjusted with the CPI-U, against $36,048 in nominal dollars: a monetary adjustment, not today’s cost of repair.
Related tools
Paid claims of Hurricane Francine are not repair estimates: to estimate the cleanup of a flooded basement from published cost-guide rates, use the basement water damage repair cost calculator; for water removal and drying after any water loss, the water damage and mitigation calculator.
To set these figures against every State on one claims window, amounts paid, not repair cost: NFIP paid building claims by state.
Before using these figures
A storm total counts NFIP-insured buildings with a paid claim, not all the damage of the storm. Method and limits.
Source and notice
- Storm = floodEvent "Hurricane Francine" with yearOfLoss 2024; window of the extraction: yearOfLoss 2005-2025.
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