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2022. Hurricane. 157+. ≥ $113.1 billion. Hurricane Ian. Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, ABC islands, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Southeast United States (especially Florida and The Carolinas) Hurricane Ian was the deadliest hurricane to strike the state of Florida since the 1935 Labor Day hurricane.
It has been found that throughout the United States, 84% of wildfires are started by humans. [26] A study conducted in 2019 found that from 1972 to 2018, California saw a fivefold increase in the area burned in any given year, and an eightfold increase in the area burned by summer fires. [22]
Hurricane Irma. Tropical cyclone. Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, Eastern United States (particularly Florida) $53,400,000,000 (2017) Includes three deaths and $1 billion (2017 USD) in damage in Puerto Rico, and four deaths and $2.4 billion in damage in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Wisconsin, United States October 8, 1871: 2. 1,000+ Kursha-2 fire Soviet Union: August 3, 1936: 3. 453 Cloquet fire [71] Minnesota, United States October 12, 1918: 4. 418-476 Great Hinckley Fire: September 1, 1894: 5. 282 Thumb Fire: Michigan, United States September 5, 1881: 6. 240 1997 Indonesian forest fires [72] [73] Sumatra and Kalimantan ...
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] The strongest storm of the 1900 Atlantic hurricane season, it left between 6,000 and 12,000 fatalities in ...
N. Natural disasters in Nebraska (2 C, 12 P) Natural disasters in Nevada (2 C, 11 P) Natural disasters in New Hampshire (3 C, 16 P) Natural disasters in New Jersey (2 C, 26 P) Natural disasters in New Mexico (3 C, 4 P) Natural disasters in New York (state) (3 C, 49 P) Natural disasters in North Carolina (2 C, 18 P ...
A major landslide occurred 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Oso, Washington, United States, on March 22, 2014, at 10:37 a.m. local time.A portion of an unstable hill collapsed, sending mud and debris to the south across the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, engulfing a rural neighborhood, and covering an area of approximately 1 square mile (2.6 km 2).
June 2021 North American storm complex. On June 18–19, 2021, a severe weather outbreak affected the Midwestern United States, affecting the states of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Floods, caused by training convection, [3] caused $51.7 million in damage and causing rainfall amounts of up to 7 inches (180 mm) across western Indiana, [4] causing ...