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  2. List of natural disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of natural disasters in the United States - Wikipedia

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    At the time, Ike was the costliest natural disaster in Texas history, after leaving behind $38 billion in damages in Texas alone. 2008 Hurricane: 53 $8.31 billion (2008 USD) Hurricane Gustav: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma: 2008 Tornado: 59 $1.2 billion 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak

  4. Natural disaster - Wikipedia

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    A natural disaster is the very harmful impact on a society or community after a natural hazard event. Some examples of natural hazard events include avalanches , droughts , earthquakes , floods , heat waves , landslides - including submarine landslides , tropical cyclones , volcanic activity and wildfires . [ 1 ]

  5. List of disasters in the United States by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Tied with Hurricane Harvey as the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. 1,173 1943 HMT Rohna [10] Military strike – bombing Mediterranean Sea: Luftwaffe glide bomb hit troopship causing the largest loss of U.S. soldiers (1,050) at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 1,167 1865 Sultana: Accident – shipwreck Marion, Arkansas

  6. Lists of disasters - Wikipedia

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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

  7. Chilling new videos give clearest view yet of DC plane crash ...

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    The cellphone footage provides the clearest angle yet of Wednesday's tragic midair collision in Washington, DC, that killed 67 people in the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost a ...

  8. List of countries by natural disaster risk - Wikipedia

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    Includes country profiles, disaster profiles and a disaster list. "Natural Hazard Information from the Coastal Ocean Institute". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Particularly including articles on tsunamis, hurricanes and other storms. "Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System".

  9. Category:Natural disasters in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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.