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Peshtigo Fire
The wildfire jumped across the Peshtigo River, trapping both sides of the town in flames. By the time the inferno subsided, it had scorched 12 towns and left roughly 1,200 dead. -
Johnstown Flood
Days of torrential downpour caused the dam to burst, unleashing more than 20 million tons of water and debris to crash down on the city with the force of Niagara Falls. The flood leveled 1,600 homes and killed 2,209 people. -
Great San Francisco Fire and Earthquake
An earthquake that only lasted about a minute but caused gas mains to break and spark fires. The earthquake also damaged the water mains so the fire department was very limited. 500 city blocks were ruined. -
Tri-State Tornado
Deadliest twister to rip through Illinois, Indiana, Missouri.It lasted for three and a half hours and 700 people were killed -
Okeechobee Hurricane
The hurricane slammed ashore on the evening of September 16th with sustained 140 mph winds. Such intensity broke a small dike at the lake's south end, resulting in weeks of heavy flooding that claimed at least 2,500 lives. -
Dust Bowl
The dust bowl started in the early 1930s.A decade-long drought transformed the loose topsoil into dust, which windstorms swept up and blew eastward -
Hurricane Katrina
It was the costiest natural disaster with 125 billion dollars to repare its damage. More than 80% of New Orleans was ruined. -
Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy (unofficially known as "Superstorm Sandy") was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, and the second-costliest hurricane in United States history. Classified as the eighteenth named storm, tenth hurricane and second major hurricane of the year, Sandy was a Category 3 storm at its peak intensity when it made landfall in Cuba -
February 2013 nor'easter
The February 2013 nor'easter (also known unofficially as Winter Storm Nemo[5][6][7][8][9] or the Blizzard of 2013[10][11]) was a powerful winter storm that developed from the combination of two areas of low pressure,[12] primarily impacting the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada, causing heavy snowfall and hurricane-force winds. -
Okanogan Complex fire
The Okanogan Complex fire is an ongoing wildfire affecting Okanogan County in north-central Washington state. It is composed of five fires that were caused by lightning strikes on August 15, 2015, with two of the fires near Conconully merging days later on August 19.[2] As of August 30, it has burned over 304,782 acres (123,341 ha)[1] of land and forced the evacuations of numerous towns, including Conconully, Twisp and Winthrop.
