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  2. List of natural disasters in the United States - Wikipedia

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    2 $2.3 million 2021 Kansas wildfire outbreak: Kansas: On December 15, 2021, a wildfire siege began in Western and Central Kansas due to blustering winds and drought. More than 10 wildfires were reported with an estimated burned area of more than 163,000+ acres. The wildfire outbreak resulted in the deaths of two individuals and the injuries of ...

  3. America's most expensive natural disasters in recent decades

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    "The U.S. has sustained 403 weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2024). The total cost of these 403 ...

  4. List of disasters in the United States by death toll - Wikipedia

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    This list of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or incidents outside of the United States in which a number of U.S. citizens were killed. Domestic deaths due to war in America are included except the American Civil War.

  5. Social effects of Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia

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    The effects of this migration are likely to endure for decades as former citizens of New Orleans resettle in other areas yet retain strong cultural ties to New Orleans. Studies have shown that the concentration of poverty is self-perpetuating, thus some postulate that the hurricane may have a small positive impact on future poverty levels.

  6. Global catastrophe scenarios - Wikipedia

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    The main long-term effect is through global climate change, which reduces the temperature globally by about 5–15 °C for a decade, together with the direct effects of the deposits of ash on their crops. A large supervolcano like Toba would deposit one or two meters thickness of ash over an area of several million square kilometers.

  7. Category : 2000s natural disasters in the United States

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    2004 natural disasters in the United States (2 C, 17 P) 2005 natural disasters in the United States (4 C, 13 P) ... This page was last edited on 2 May 2020, ...

  8. Vargas tragedy - Wikipedia

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    A disaster relief team from the United States headed up by New Mexico state Senator Joseph Carraro arrived with a medical team and supplies to assess the damage and help those who were displaced. Contact was made with Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico to determine if any radioactivity was included in the debris field.

  9. Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Survivors could also face long-term health risks due to prolonged exposure to the petrochemical tainted flood waters and mosquito-borne diseases such as yellow fever, malaria, and West Nile fever. [103] [104] On September 2, an emergency triage center was set up at the airport. A steady stream of helicopters and ambulances brought in the ...