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Pages in category "Natural disasters in Virginia" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The 2024 Virginia wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Virginia.During the 2024 Spring wildfire season between February 15 to April 30, at least 411 wildfires burnt "nearly 20,000 acres", the largest area burned in the last 30 years in that time period, and nearly ten times as much as the 2023 Spring season with 2,174 acres.
The effects of Hurricane Isabel in Virginia proved to be the costliest disaster in the history of Virginia. [1] Hurricane Isabel formed from a tropical wave on September 6, 2003, in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. It moved northwestward, and within an environment of light wind shear and warm waters it steadily strengthened to reach peak winds of ...
FEMA's assessments account for the likelihood that a county will be struck by any of 18 different kinds of natural disasters, ranging from hurricanes, floods, or tornadoes, to the less common but ...
Natural disasters in Virginia (2 C, 21 P) S. School shootings in Virginia (1 C, 5 P) September 11 attacks (14 C, 95 P) T. Transportation disasters in Virginia (2 C, 4 P)
0–9. Great Chesapeake Bay Hurricane of 1769; 1804 New England hurricane; 1806 Great Coastal hurricane; 1815 North Carolina hurricane; 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane
Costliest natural disaster in the United States prior to Hurricane Katrina. 1988 Wildfire: 2 $240 million Yellowstone fires of 1988: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 793,880 acres (36% of the park) was burned in the fires started by lightning. 1985 Hurricane: 9 $1.3 billion Hurricane Elena: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas ...
Greyhound Lines canceled 294 routes through Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia on December 19 and suspended service in and out of New York late Saturday. [ 25 ] Cars buried by nearly 24 inches (61 cm) of snow in Woodley Park , Washington, D.C., on December 19 National Weather Service image showing snowfall accumulation for ...