At a Glance

Flooding in the Midwest is likely to cause billions of dollars in damage into this spring.Billion-dollar flood disasters are nothing new.Multiple hurricanes and other high-impact rain events have occurred in the last three years.

's surge of snow-melting warmth and heavy rain triggered what is now expected to be the latest billion-dollar flood disaster.

Water damage in Nebraska alone is estimated to cost at least $1.3 billion, according to a by Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts. Costs when factoring in damage to surrounding states is "," according to Steve Bowen, a meteorologist at Aon Benfield.

People view the rising waters from the Platte and Missouri rivers which flooded areas of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Sunday, March 17, 2019.

(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

These costs will only increase in the coming weeks.

The ongoing flooding across the Midwest is far from over and . A healthy snowpack followed by what is anticipated to be a wetter-than-average spring is expected to continue major flooding across much of the central United States.

This round of flood destruction is in addition to several billion-dollar flood disasters in the last few years.

The list includes both slow-moving weather events, like hurricanes Harvey and Florence and the 2016 Louisiana flood catastrophe, and much more localized downpours, like the flooding that hit parts of West Virginia in June 2016 and the Tax Day flood in Houston that same year.

Many of these disasters were at least two-fold: high-impact rainfall flooding followed by days or weeks of river flooding as the rainfall returned to the ocean.

The list of flood disasters since March 2016.

Here is a summary of each billion-dollar flood disaster over the last three years:

Hurricane Florence: This system crawled across the Carolinas after it reached eastern North Carolina, producing feet of rainfall and pushing rivers in eastern North Carolina to record crests. A devastating storm surge also flooded coastal North Carolina, including the town of New Bern.

Hurricane Harvey: Harvey nearly stalled, dropping biblical amounts of rainfall over southeastern Texas. The areal coverage of locations picking up at least 20 inches of rain was greater than the state of West Virginia, while the 40-inch-plus zone was larger than Delaware. More than 60 inches of rain fell in a few spots. Much of the Houston metro area experienced flooding, including many homes and businesses located in floodplains.

Central U.S. Flood Event: The last week of April 2017 brought very heavy rainfall to southern Missouri, northern Arkansas and southern Illinois, which resulted in breached levees, flooded towns and record river crests. Roadways were washed out and agricultural losses cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

California Flooding: Persistent atmospheric rivers brought record rainfall to the northern half of the state in early 2017. Landslides and erosion caused substantial damage, and severe erosion at the Oroville Dam prompted an evacuation downstream.

Hurricane Matthew: Matthew dumped more than a foot of rain from Georgia to Virginia as it scraped up the Atlantic coast. Widespread flooding evolved across the Carolinas, especially in North Carolina, where 100,000 homes and businesses were damaged.

Louisiana Flooding of 2016: An unnamed and slow-moving low-pressure system brought feet of rainfall to southern Louisiana. "The floodwaters damaged or destroyed over 50,000 homes, 100,000 vehicles ," according to NOAA.

West Virginia Flooding: Heavy rainfall in June 2016 destroyed infrastructure, including more than 1,000 roads and hundreds of homes.

Tax Day Flooding in Houston: More than a foot of rain fell over the Houston metro area, damaging thousands of homes. More than 1,800 people needed to be rescued due to the high waters. This event was the most widespread flooding event since Tropical Storm Allison in 2001.

A tanker drives by a "Boil Water" sign at the entrance to Glenwood, Iowa, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Glenwood's wells and water-treatment plant were inundated by flood waters and residents are being asked to boil their water. Several communities along the Missouri River continue to struggle to restore drinking water service weeks after massive flooding disrupted life in the towns and caused significant damage. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)