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The largest and the third-most destructive wildfire season on record in California. [16] [15] 2020 Derecho: 4 $11 billion August 2020 Midwest derecho: Midwestern United States: The severe derecho affected the states of Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. The derecho caused high winds and spawned an outbreak of a couple tornadoes.
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A natural disaster is the highly harmful impact on a society or community following a natural hazard event. These lists are lists of natural disasters: These lists are lists of natural disasters: List of avalanches
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This category includes articles on disasters in the United States by U.S. state in which they occurred. Disasters not identified by state, such as those occurring in waters of the Great Lakes, are not included in this category.
A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc.
This category includes articles on natural disasters in the United States. Articles should be placed in at least one 'type of natural disaster' subcategory and in the appropriate 'natural disaster by U.S. state' subcategory. Disasters that do not fit into an existing 'type of natural disaster' category remain in this category.
Second-deadliest disaster in United States history. Deadliest drug epidemic in United States history. 700,000 [3] 1981 – present HIV/AIDS in the United States: Pandemic Nationwide Fatalities estimated. Third-deadliest disaster in United States history. 675,000 [4] 1918 – 1920 1918 influenza pandemic: Pandemic Nationwide Fatalities estimated.