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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.
Damage figure for U.S. only. At least 111 total deaths, with 37 in the continental U.S. and 12 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico. 1988 Heat wave and Drought: 5,000 – 10,000 $120 billion (2014 USD) 1988-89 North American drought: Widespread; 45% of the nation affected Costliest natural disaster in the United States prior to Hurricane ...
United States $500 [372] $3762 65 1971 San Fernando earthquake: Earthquake 1971 United States: $500 [373] $1466 17 1984 Romeoville petroleum refinery disaster: Explosion 1984 United States $491.3 [227] $899 636 October 1999 Mexico floods: Flood 1999 Central America (, , , others) $484 [374] $2032 99 Typhoon Tip: Tropical cyclone 1979 East Asia ...
According to the NOAA, the United States has seen more billion-dollar disasters in the first seven months of 2023 than in any year on record. US hit by a record number of billion-dollar disasters ...
The U.S. has had a record 25 weather disasters so far in 2023, each of which caused at least $1 billion in damage — and a new NASA analysis suggests the year’s extreme weather events may be ...
It’s been a record-smashing year for the most expensive weather and climate disasters in the United States this year after severe storms, ...
Emergency in Water Transportation of the United States: Declared a national emergency arising from insufficient tonage to carry the products of the farms, forests, mines and manufacturing industries of the United States, and admonishes all citizens to abide by the regulations in the Shipping Act. Ended Franklin Roosevelt: March 6, 1933 [9]
The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia's watery storm surge helped push the United States to a record for the number of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or more. The National ...