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United States: Costa Concordia disaster: $2 [241] $2.7 33 Maritime disaster 2012 Italy: 2013 Moore tornado: $2 [242] $2.6 26 Tornado 2013 United States Typhoon In-fa: $2 [243] $2.2 6 Tropical cyclone 2021 East Asia (, , }, others) 2023 Jishishan earthquake: $2 [244] $2 151 Earthquake 2023 China: 2024 Persian Gulf floods: $2 [245] $2 46 Flood 2024
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 ...
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.
"The U.S. has sustained 403 weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2024). The total cost of these 403 ...
The damage is expected to far exceed the $16 billion in economic losses from Maui's wildfires two years ago. Weather now accounts for almost all of the $320 billion in annual natural catastrophe ...
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.
Current events; Random article; ... View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Natural disasters in the United States by year (166 C) 0–9.
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 ...