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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.
A year loss table (YLT) is a table that lists historical or simulated years, with financial losses for each year. [1] [2] [3] YLTs are widely used in catastrophe modeling as a way to record and communicate historical or simulated losses from catastrophes.
This list of United States natural disasters is a list of notable natural disasters that occurred in the United States after 1816. Due to inflation, the monetary damage estimates are not comparable. Unless otherwise noted, the year given is the year in which the currency's valuation was calculated.
The third-costliest disaster on the NCEI list is 2022 Hurricane Ian at $119.6 billion, adjusted for CPI. The lower bound at the 95% confidence interval is $83 billion while the upper bound is $155 ...
New Jersey's biggest natural disasters Oct. 9-11, 1903: Passaic River Flood Devastates North Jersey In October 1903, a catastrophic flood surged through North Jersey, just 18 months after the ...
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
Deadly LA wildfires to cost over $50 billion in damages, becoming one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. Christiaan Hetzner. Updated January 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM.
Natural catastrophes (sometimes referred to as "nat cat") [2] that are modeled include: Hurricane (main peril is wind damage; some models can also include storm surge and rainfall) Earthquake (main peril is ground shaking; some models can also include tsunami, fire following earthquakes, liquefaction, landslide, and sprinkler leakage damage)