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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.
United States 1888: 5. 353: Great Appalachian Storm of 1950: 1950: 6. 318: 1993 Storm of the Century: 1993: 7. 299–978: 2021 North American winter storm: United States and Mexico: 2021: 8. 286: December 1960 nor'easter: United States 1960: 9. 250: Great Lakes Storm of 1913: United States and Canada (Great Lakes region) 1913: 10. 235 ...
United States 2019 Midwestern U.S. floods: $2.9 [23] $3.5 3 Flood 2019 United States Tropical Storm Lee: $2.8 [212] $3.8 18 Tropical cyclone 2011 United States: 2011 Joplin tornado: $2.8 [213] $3.8 158 Tornado 2011 United States Cyclone Debbie: $2.73 [214] $3.4 14 Tropical cyclone 2017 Australia, New Zealand: AZF chemical plant explosion: $2.68 ...
Mother Nature has certainly wreaked havoc over the years. Storms, floods, drought and fire have taken a toll, both in lives lost and property damaged.2019 has been a fairly quiet year - so far.
Port Chicago disaster at Port Chicago, California, United States 300+ 4 March 2012: Brazzaville arms dump blasts at Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 296+ 18 March 1937: New London School explosion at New London, Texas, United States 291 29 December 2001: Fireworks stand explosion in Lima, Peru. 235 bodies recovered, 144+ taken to hospital due ...
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 ...
This list of United States natural disasters is a list of notable natural disasters that occurred in the United States after 1816. Due to inflation, the monetary damage estimates are not comparable. Unless otherwise noted, the year given is the year in which the currency's valuation was calculated.
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.