America's worst storms
Rachel Truman
04 November 2024
Shocking storms
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1888: The Great White Hurricane, East Coast
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1900: The Great Galveston Storm, Texas
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1913: The Great Storm, Great Lakes
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1922: Knickerbocker Storm, East Coast
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1925: Great Cyclone Disaster, Midwest and South
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1926: Great Miami Hurricane, Florida
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1928: Okeechobee Hurricane, Florida
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1936: Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak, Mississippi and Georgia
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1938: The Great New England Hurricane, New England
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1947: The Woodward tornado, Oklahoma
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1953: The Flint-Beecher Tornado, Michigan
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1954: Hurricane Carol, New England
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1962: Columbus Day Storm, Oregon and Washington State
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1965: Palm Sunday Twin Tornadoes, Indiana
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1969: Hurricane Camille, Mississippi and southeastern states
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1972: Hurricane Agnes, East Coast
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1978: Northeastern Blizzard, New England, New Jersey and New York
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1989: Hurricane Hugo, the Carolinas and Puerto Rico
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1992: Hurricane Iniki, Hawaii
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1992: Hurricane Andrew, Florida
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1993: Superstorm, various states
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1996: The North American Blizzard, various states
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1999: Hurricane Floyd, North and South Carolinas
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2004: Hurricane Charley, Florida
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2005: Hurricane Katrina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana
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2005: Hurricane Wilma, Florida
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2008: Hurricane Ike, Texas
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2008: The Super Tuesday Outbreak, various states
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2011: Super tornado outbreak, Alabama
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2011: Joplin Tornado, Missouri
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2012: Superstorm Sandy, New York and New Jersey
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2012: Harrisburg Tornado, Illinois
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2013: Tornado outbreak, Indiana
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2015: Flooding, South Carolina
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2016: Winter Storm Jonas, East Coast
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2017: Hurricane Harvey, Texas and Louisiana
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2017: Hurricane Irma, Florida
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2017: Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico
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2018: Hurricane Michael, Florida
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2018: Hurricane Florence, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia
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2019: Midwest Floods, various states
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2020: Tornado outbreak, various states
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2020: Hurricane Laura, Louisiana and Texas
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2020: Hurricane Delta, Louisiana
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2021: Mega snowstorm, northeastern states
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2021: Winter Storm Uri, various states
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2021: Tropical Storm Henri, Rhode Island
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2021: Tropical Storm Henri, New Jersey
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2021: Tropical Storm Henri, New York
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2021: Floods, Tennessee
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2021: Hurricane Ida, Louisiana
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2021: Hurricane Ida, Louisiana
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2021: Hurricane Ida, Louisiana
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2021: Hurricane Ida, New Jersey
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2021: Hurricane Ida, New York
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2021: Tornado, various states
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2021: Tornado, various states
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2022: Hurricane Ian, Florida and the Carolinas
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2022: Hurricane Ian, Florida and the Carolinas
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2023: Tornado, Mississippi
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2023: Tornado, Mississippi
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2023: Hurricane Idalia, various states
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2023: Hurricane Idalia, various states
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2024: Hurricane Helene, Florida
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