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A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc.
One of the most destructive wildfire seasons recorded in the Western United States. [14] [15] 2020 Wildfire: 31 ≥$12.079 billion 2020 California wildfires: California: The largest and the third-most destructive wildfire season on record in California. [16] [15] 2020 Derecho: 4 $11 billion August 2020 Midwest derecho: Midwestern United States
Natural gas explosion 100+ 1899 Great Blizzard of 1899: Winter storm, cold wave: Contiguous United States: 100 1900 1900 Guam typhoon: Tropical cyclone Guam: 100 1918 T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion: Accident – explosion Sayreville, New Jersey: Fatalities estimated 100+ 1937 Elixir sulfanilamide: Mass poisoning: United ...
Likely one of the best-known natural disasters on this list, Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 storm that included recorded winds of 100 to 140 mph. Katrina pounded some 400 miles of land with ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
New Jersey's biggest natural disasters Oct. 9-11, 1903: Passaic River Flood Devastates North Jersey ... In early March 1962, one of the most destructive nor’easters in New Jersey’s history ...
At the time, 38,000 people lived in Galveston, Texas. By the end of this Category 4 hurricane with 145 mph winds, 10,000 of them had lost their homes in the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
Great Sheffield flood dam disaster United Kingdom: 1864 268 Val di Stava dam disaster Italy: 1985 259 1966 Maian flood Jordan: 1966 255 1998 Tajikistan flood Tajikistan: 1998 251 2021 Maharashtra floods: India: 2021 250 La Josefina landslide dam failure Ecuador: 1993 246+ April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ...