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A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc. To be classified as a disaster, it must have profound environmental effects and/or loss of life and frequently causes financial loss.
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.
Natural disasters by year (305 C) * Transport disasters by year (44 C) Explosions by year (140 C) Fires by year (190 C) Lists of disasters by year (4 C) +
List of tornadoes causing 100 or more deaths; List of natural disasters by death toll; ... American units with the highest percentage of casualties per conflict;
Landslides by year (70 C) Tornadoes by ... Natural disasters in the United States by year (166 C) 0–9. 1600 natural disasters (1 P) 1605 natural disasters (3 P ...
Tied with Hurricane Harvey as the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. 1,173 1943 HMT Rohna [10] Military strike – bombing Mediterranean Sea: Luftwaffe glide bomb hit troopship causing the largest loss of U.S. soldiers (1,050) at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 1,167 1865 Sultana: Accident – shipwreck Marion, Arkansas
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 ...
Natural disaster deaths by country (27 C) A. Deaths in avalanches (86 P) E. Deaths in earthquakes (9 C, 28 P) F. Deaths in floods (11 P) L. Deaths in landslides (7 P)