Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
United States: 1977 78 Austin Dam failure United States: 1911 77+ 2019 Iran floods: Iran: 2019 73 1993 Kagoshima Heavy Rain, mudslide and debris flow Japan: 1993 72+ Nigeria floods Nigeria: 2012 72 Gudbrandsdalen flood and landslides Norway: 1789 69 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans: United States: 2005 68 2019 South Sulawesi floods ...
September 1921 San Antonio floods: United States Flood September 7 –11 1922 50,000–100,000+ 1922 Shantou typhoon: Philippines, China Tropical cyclone July 27 –August 3 1923 105,385-142,800 1923 Great KantÅ earthquake: Japan Earthquake September 1 1924 1,000 Great flood of 99: India Flood July 1925 5,000 1925 Dali earthquake: China Earthquake
The June 23, 2016 flooding in West Virginia was one of the deadliest floods in state history, and deadliest flash flood in U.S. history since the 2010 Tennessee Floods. The flooding was caused by 8 to 10 inches of rainfall over a 12-hour period. 23 people perished from the floods, and hardest hit counties included Greenbrier, Kanawha, Jackson ...
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.
Deadliest firestorm in United States history 1862 Flood >5,000 $100 million (1862 USD); $262.2 billion (2020 USD) Great Flood of 1862: California, Oregon, Utah, and the territories that now make up Arizona and Nevada: An atmospheric river led to 43 continuous days of rain, lasting from December 1861 until January 1862.
Helene already ranks in the top 10 deadliest storms in mainland United States history. The number of victims could continue to grow as cleanup and rescue operations continue.
The 1900 Galveston hurricane, [1] also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the 1900 Storm, [2] [3] is the deadliest natural disaster in United States history. [4]
Sunday marks the 46th anniversary of the Big Thompson Canyon flood, which claimed the lives of 144 people and earned the unfortunate title of the one of the deadliest flash floods in Colorado history.