These are the deadliest natural disasters in US history
Peter Moore
11 November 2024
Force of nature
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1790: Keanakakoi eruption, Hawaii
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1840: Great Natchez Tornado, Mississippi
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1871: The Great Chicago Fire, Illinois
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1871: Peshtigo Fire, Wisconsin
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1889: Johnstown Flood, Pennsylvania
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1900: The Great Galveston Hurricane, Texas
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1906: San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, California
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1907: Pittsburgh Flood, Pennsylvania
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1913: The Great Lakes Storm, US Midwest
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1924: Kilauea eruption, Hawaii
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1925: Tri-State Tornado, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana
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1935: Black Sunday dust storm, Oklahoma
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1936: North American Heatwave, US Upper Midwest
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1936: Tupelo Tornado, Mississippi and Georgia
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1938: The Great New England Hurricane, New York and Connecticut
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1949: Great Blizzard, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska
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1953: Waco Tornado, Texas
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1972: Hurricane Agnes, East Coast
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1980: Mount St Helens eruption, Washington
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1993: Superstorm, East Coast
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1993: Great Midwest Flood, US Midwest
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1994: Northridge Earthquake, California
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2005: Hurricane Katrina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana
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2012: Hurricane Sandy, New York and New Jersey
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2017: Hurricane Irma, Florida
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2017: Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico
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2017: Wine Country wildfires, California
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2021: Groundhog Day nor'easter, US Northeast
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2022: Mauna Loa eruption, Hawaii
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2023: California floods
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2024: Hurricane Helene
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