Estimated property damage from 2006 to 2013: $3.5 billion

Most frequent disasters: thunderstorms, flash floods, drought, dust storms

Weather related fatalities 2006 to 2013: 93

Drought conditions have plagued Arizona for the past few years, and as a result, the state has seen outbreaks of wildfires, including the largest on record that burned 500,000 in 2011. In June 2013, a wildfire in the small mountain town of Yarnell, Ariz., became the deadliest disaster of its kind since 1933, cliaming the lives of 19 firefighters. In 2010, a series of thunderstorms produced tornadoes and hail across Phoenix, causing $2 billion in damage.

The overflowing St. Vrain River swamps a structure and a piece of heavy machinery following overnight flash flooding near Lyons, Colo., on Sept. 12, 2013
(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

9. COLORADO

Estimated property damage from 2006 to 2013: $3.7 billion

Most frequent disasters: winter storms, hail, drought, floods, flash floods

Weather related fatalities 2006 to 2013: 70

Record rainful in September 2013 led to floods that killed nine people and caused widespread destruction in several Colorado cities. Wildfires broke out in the summer of 2012, causing more damage to the Centennial State than any other Western state that year.

Graves sit on the levee in Braithwaite, La. as flood waters recede after Hurricane Isaac
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

8. LOUISIANA

Estimated property damage from 2006 to 2013: $3.9 billion

Most frequent disasters: hail, tornadoes, tropical storms, floods, flash floods, thunderstorms

Weather related fatalities 2006 to 2013: 66

Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and State Farm each received about 17,000 claims after Hurricane Isaac hit the state in 2012. Louisiana drops from the 2013 list's No. 1 spot, which it earned due to damage from 2005's Hurricane Katrina.

The Contract Fabricators Inc. facility in Kemper County near De Kalb, Miss., is severely damaged after a tornado ripped through the area on April 11, 2013.
(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

7. MISSISSIPPI

Estimated property damage from 2006 to 2013: $4.3 billion

Most frequent disasters: thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes, floods, flash floods

Weather related fatalities 2006 to 2013: 88

Mississippi is frequently hit by tornadoes and severe storms. In April 2013, multiple tornadoes touched down in the state, killing one person. Mississippi also is in the path of Hurricanes, most recently from Hurricane Isaac in 2012.

Wreckage of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, Pool)

6. OKLAHOMA

Estimated property damage from 2006 to 2013: $4.5 billion

Most frequent disasters: hail, thunderstorms, tornadoes, drought

Weather related fatalities 2006 to 2013: 162

Tornado Alley, no doubt. An EF5 tornado devasted Moore, Okla., on May 20, 2013, and the widest tornado on record hit El Reno, Okla., 11 days later, causing more than $470 million in claims payouts. Severe storms are so much a part of the weather in the area that the National Severe Storms Laboratory and National Weather Service's Prediction Center are located in the state.

Bystanders look on at tornado damage along 15th Street in Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 27, 2011.
(AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Dusty Compton)

5. ALABAMA

Estimated property damage from 2006 to 2013: $4.9 billion

Most frequent disasters: thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes

Weather related fatalities 2006 to 2013: 333

Tornadoes hit the state in April 2011, especially in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, where more than 120 people were killed. Alabama is only second to Oklahoma in the number of EF5 tornadoes that have struck the state.

The Joplin tornado left more than 150 dead and 1,000 injured.

4. MISSOURI

Estimated property damage from 2006 to 2013: $5.0 billion

Most frequent disasters: hail, thunderstorms, winter storms, floods, tornadoes

Weather related fatalities 2006 to 2013: 346

Missouri has the most weather-related deaths in the past eight years. The tornado that swept through Joplin on May 22, 2011, was one of the deadliest in U.S. history and generated $2.2 billion in insurance claims, according to the Insurance Information Institute.

The keys of a water-damaged piano are seen on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. The Opry House was heavily damaged from flooding in May 2010.
(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

3. TENNESSEE

Estimated property damage from 2006 to 2013: $5.1 billion

Most frequent disasters: thunderstorms, hail, winter storms, tornadoes

Weather related fatalities 2006 to 2013: 224

Severe storms are common in the state, which was among the many hit by the super outbreak of tornadoes in April 2011. Nashville suffered more than $1.5 billion in damage due to flooding in May 2010 and Memphis had milions of dollars' worth of damage when the Mississippi River flooded in spring 2011.

A wildfire in Bastrop County, Texas, destroyed 1,600 homes (AP Photo/Erich Schlegel)

2. TEXAS

Estimated property damage from 2006 to 2013: $23.7 billion

Most frequent disasters: hail, thunderstorms, drought, tornadoes, flash floods

Weather related fatalities 2006 to 2013: 313

Cities close to the southern coast, such as Galveston and Houston, are often in the path of hurricanes that gain strength over the Gulf of Mexico. Wildfires are common because of extreme heat and drought. In 2011, losses from the Bastrop fire resulted in 1,500 claims and more than $325 million, making it the costliest fire in Texas history.

Nicholas Rodriguez looks over a section of the destroyed boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., near the area where Sandy made landfall on Monday.
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

1. NEW JERSEY

Estimated property damage from 2006 to 2013: $26.4 billion

Most frequent disasters: damaging wind, winter storms, floods, flash floods

Weather related fatalities 2006 to 2013: 87

New Jersey earns the top spot on this list, in large part because of damage wrought in October 2012 due to superstorm Sandy. The state was among the hardest hit by Sandy, which was the second-costliest storm after Hurricane Katrina. Many homes and businesses were destroyed along the Jersey shore and 2.1 million people and businesses were without power. Shortly after Sandy hit, another storm brought snow that caused more power outages and damage.