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Note: Measuring the number of deaths caused by a heat wave requires complicated statistical analysis, since heat waves tend to cause large numbers of deaths among people weakened by other conditions. As a result, the number of deaths is only known with any accuracy for heat waves in the modern era in countries with developed healthcare systems.
This list of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or incidents outside of the United States in which a number of U.S. citizens were killed. Domestic deaths due to war in America are included except the American Civil War.
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
List of disasters in Canada by death toll; List of disasters in Croatia by death toll; List of disasters in Estonia by death toll; List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll; List of disasters in Japan by death toll; List of disasters in Malta by death toll; List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll
List of disasters in Canada. List of disasters in Canada by death toll; List of disasters in Croatia; List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland; List of disasters in Haiti; Lists of disasters in Indonesia. List of disasters in Indonesia; List of earthquakes in Indonesia; List of natural disasters in Indonesia; List of disasters in New Zealand
FEMA Disaster Code: Year Declared: Disaster Type: Notes FL Hurricane Milton: EM-3622-FL 2024 Hurricane [4] FL HURRICANE MILTON EM-3623-FL 2024 Hurricane GU TROPICAL STORM BOLAVEN EM-3601-GU 2024 Tropical Storm MP TROPICAL STORM BOLAVEN EM-3602-MP 2024 Tropical Storm VI ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD AND COPPER IN THE WATER SUPPLY EM-3603-VI 2024 Other CT
Disasters and accidents. Eighteen people are killed and thirty-one others are injured when a bus overturns in Prachinburi province, Thailand. Health and environment. An unvaccinated child dies of measles at a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, United States, as the first death since the disease was considered eradicated in the country in 2000.