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Peshtigo Fire
Nations Deadliest wildfire jumped over peshtigo river and destroyed 12 towns. It killed over 1,200 people -
Johnstown Flood
Dam burst releasing 20 million tons of water destroying the towns steel mill and killing 2,209 people -
Hurricane Galveston
Deadliest natural disaster in us history destroyed the "jewel of Texas" -
Great San Fransisco Fire and Earth Quake
Earthquake of 7.7-7.9 magnitude bust water lines in sanfransisco when a fire broke out there wasnt a way to distinguish it so the town burned. -
Tri- State tornado
15,00 homes destroyed 700 killed. This storm forced storm watchers to develope a storm warning system -
Okeechobee Hurricane
Residents believed the storm had gone around them and returned home only for the storm to hit with 140 mph winds killing 2,500 people -
Dust Bowl
During the 1930's the dust bowl made western life nearly impossible. It destroyed any chances of farmers doing their jobs and posed as a health risk to those living in the mid- west. -
Heat Wave of 1980
nation's most catastrophic prolonged weather events. 10,000 dead from heat and stress. Cost up to million dollars in crop which were destroyed -
Hurricane Katrina
Atlantic storm that killed 1,836 people and caused damages costing around 125 billion dollars. Hurricane Katrina started as a category one storm and reached winds up to 125 mph! -
Heat wave 1988
Cost 61 million dollars in damage and killed roughly 5,000 people
