The struggle to safeguard Preventing_or_letting against hazards immediately after the accident Catastrophe , together with later decontamination efforts of the surroundings , ultimately involved Cause_to_be_included more than 500,000 liquidators and cost Cost an estimated 18 billion Soviet rubles—roughly US $ 68 billion in 2019 , adjusted for inflation .

The damage bill has been estimated at A $ 4 billion ( or $ billion today , adjusted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale for inflation ) , including an insured loss Earnings_and_losses of about $ 1 billion ( or $ billion today ) .

According to the IMF , real income has halved Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale since 2013 and inflation is more than 300 % per annum .

The storm caused Causation an estimated AU $ 3.5 billion ( US $ 3.6 billion ) in damage , making it the costliest tropical cyclone Catastrophe to hit Attack Australia on record ( not accounting Causation for inflation ; otherwise , Cyclone Tracy was costlier ) .