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A mudslide south of Kelso caused Amtrak to suspend passenger rail service on the Cascades and Coast Starlight between Seattle and Portland, Oregon. [8]The Stillaguamish River in Snohomish County reached 21.34 feet (6.50 m) at Arlington, setting a new record high. [1]
189 total deaths, with 31 in American Samoa. 2008 Hurricane: 113 $38 billion (2008 USD) Hurricane Ike: Southeast Texas, Texas, Louisiana, Southern United States: At the time, Ike was the costliest natural disaster in Texas history, after leaving behind $38 billion in damages in Texas alone. 2008 Hurricane: 53 $8.31 billion (2008 USD) Hurricane ...
A person in Asia-Pacific is five times more likely to be hit by a natural disaster than someone living in other regions. [25] Between 1995 and 2015, the greatest number of natural disasters occurred in America, China and India. [26] In 2012, there were 905 natural disasters worldwide, 93% of which were weather-related disasters.
Wildfires have torched parts of Maui before, but never anything as devastating as the ones that tore through Lahaina last week.
According to the National Centers for Environmental Information, in 2021 there were 20 natural disasters exceeding $1 billion in damage each. With this increase in disasters, government aid is ...
Residents of Florida's tiny Cedar Key reel after repeated hurricanes. In the face of more frequent, severe storms is it worth rebuilding?
[9] On July 29, President Joe Biden declared that a major disaster existed in Kentucky and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides. [106] On July 30, Urban Search and Rescue Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed to eastern Kentucky. [107]
On June 16, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Montana. [9] On June 18, it was reported that heavier flooding is expected to reach Billings and other areas in Eastern Montana. [10] The flooding so far has reportedly caused $29 million in damage. [11]