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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.
Sally did not have its name retired, making it the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the North Atlantic that did not have its name retired. [14] [20] [21] 2020 Hurricane: 77 $19.1 billion Hurricane Laura: Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, The Bahamas, Gulf Coast of the United States, Midwestern United States, Eastern United States
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
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
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
Death count Event Location Year 930,000–2,000,000 1887 Yellow River flood: China: 1887 8,967,000–4,000,000 1931 China floods: China: 1931 400,000–893,303
Disasters in North America by year (175 C) Disasters in Oceania by year (133 C) Disasters in South America by year (97 C) 0–9. 1485 disasters (1 P) 1508 disasters (1 P)
Largest Canadian wildfire season in recorded history. 2023 14,000+ acres (5,556+ ha) 2023 Hawaii wildfires: Hawaii Deadliest wildfire in recorded Hawaii history, referred to as worst natural disaster in history of Hawaii by Governor Josh Green. [86] 2023 11,020 acres (4,460 ha) Matt's Creek Fire Virginia 2024 1,100,000 acres (445,154 ha)