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90. $3.9 billion. Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021. Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas. A rare late-season tornado outbreak devastated states across the mid-south midwest, causing widespread damage and fatalities. Kentucky was particularly hard hit, with 75 fatalities occurring in the state.
Hurricane Irma. Tropical cyclone. Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, Eastern United States (particularly Florida) $53,400,000,000 (2017) Includes three deaths and $1 billion (2017 USD) in damage in Puerto Rico, and four deaths and $2.4 billion in damage in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
List of natural disasters by death toll. Global multihazard mortality risks and distribution (2005) for cyclones, drought, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes (excluding heat waves, snowstorms, and other deadly hazards). A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life ...
Floods in the United States (2000–present) is a list of flood events which were of significant impact to the country during the 21st century, since 2000. Floods are generally caused by excessive rainfall, excessive snowmelt, storm surge from hurricanes , and dam failure.
Alaska, United States 2009 20 2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity: 4 Kasatochi [64] Alaska, United States 2008 13.7 0.15–0.28 [65] 4 Chaitén [66] Chile 2008 30 0.5–1 [67] 1 [68] The town of Chaitén, located about 10 km southwest of the eruption site, was blanketed with ash. About 4,000 people who lived there were evacuated by boat.
August 22–23 – Tropical Storm Dean dropped heavy rainfall across Puerto Rico, peaking at 12.7 inches (322 mm) in Salinas. The passage of Dean resulted in widespread flooding in eastern and southern Puerto Rico, collapsing two bridges and one road. Several highways were under water, and one car was swept away by the floodwaters.
United States: 2010 Tennessee floods: May – June 37 Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary: 2010 Central European floods: June 10 – 11 20 United States: 2010 Arkansas floods: June 15 – 16 25 France: 2010 Var floods: June 51 Brazil: 2010 Northeastern Brazil floods: June – July 23 Romania: 2010 Romanian floods: July 1,781 ...
21st-century earthquakes gallery. The 2001 Gujarat earthquake occurred in a part of India with relatively low seismicity, devastating the cities of Anjar and Bhuj. The 2003 Bam earthquake destroyed several historic landmarks, including a citadel. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is one of the deadliest natural disasters in recent history.