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The Great Natchez Tornado
This tornado is the second deadliest in United States History. It made landfall in Natchez, Mississippi and killed 317 people. At the time the damage cost was 1.26 million dollars, which is about 29.8 million dollars today. -
Peshtigo Fire
This was a fire that burned in Wisconsin the same day of the Great Chicago fire. The fire started when a strong windstorm blew small prairie fires over millions of acres. It trapped the whole town in flames. It killed anout 1,200 poeple and burned 12 towns. -
Johnstown Flood
In Johnstown, Pennsylvania, steel was produces in high quantities. All of the hard work was washed away, when the South Fork dam failed. The dam bursted because days of downpour. This unleashed more then 20 million tons of water onto the city. It wiped out about 1,600 homes and killed 2,209 people. -
Hurricane Glaveston
This hurricane was known as the Jewel of Texas. The category 4 hurricane had winds estimated to be 135 mph and had 15 foot waves. 8,000 people perished in the disaster because the island decided against a sea wall. -
Great San Francisco Fire and Earthquake
The earthquake lasted about a minute, but had a 7.7 to7.9 magnitude. It started a city fire that lasted four days. The flames burned 500 city blocks and 3,000 people died. 225,000 people were left with no home. -
Tri-State Tornado
This tornado lasted about three and a half hours and went over illinois, Indiana, and Missouri. It recked about 15,000 homes and killed around 700 poeple. This started the development of the tornado warning system. -
Okeechobee
This hurricane did not come as sceduled, so the evactuated people came home thinking they were in the clear. It instead his in the evening of september 16th and had 140 mph winds. It broke the dike on the lake, which caused extreme flooding and took 2,500 lives. -
Hurricane Audrey
Hurricane Audrey hit winds of 145 mph and had a barometric pressure of 945 mbar. It made landfall between the Sabine RIver and Cameron, Louisiana. About 416 people died and the damage was about 147 million dollars -
Hurricane Katrina
Although Hurricane Katrina started off as a category 1 hurricane as it hit Florida; it intesified before it hit Louisianna. It had winds up to 125 mph, which broke levees. Most of New Orleans was under water and 1,836 were killed. To fix damages it cost $125 billion dollars. -
Joplin Tornado
This multiple vortex torndao hit Joplin, Missouri. It reached a maximum width of 1 mile. Its widns were less than or equal to 250 mph and killed 158 people. It caused 2.8 million dollars in damage.
