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List of natural disasters in the United States

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This '''list of United States natural disasters''' is a list of notable [[natural disaster]]s that occurred in the [[United States]] after 1816. Due to inflation, the monetary damage estimates are not comparable. Unless otherwise noted, the year given is the year in which the currency's valuation was calculated. References can be found in the associated articles noted.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Year
!Disaster
!data-sort-type=number|Death toll
!Damage cost [[United States dollar|US$]]
!Main article
!Location
!Notes

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|2021
|[[German soldiers]]
|245
|$2.3 million
|[[2021 Kansas wildfire outbreak]]
|[[Kansas]]
|On December 17, 2021, a wildfire siege began in Western and Central Kansas due to blustering winds and drought. More than 10 wildfires were reported with an estimated burned area of more than 163,000+ acres. The wildfire outbreak resulted in the deaths of two individuals and the injuries of 3 others. More than 42 structures were destroyed during the outbreak, mainly in the cities of [[Paradise, Kansas|Paradise]] and [[Waldo, Kansas|Waldo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2 dead in Kansas wildfires fueled by windy, dry weather |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dead-kansas-wildfires-fueled-windy-dry-weather-81823498 |website=[[ABC News]] |publisher=Margaret Stafford |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kansas community previously devastated by fires helps out those currently struggling |url=https://www.ksn.com/news/local/the-community-previously-devastated-by-fires-helps-out-those-currently-struggling/ |website=[[KSNW]] |publisher=Jessica Watson |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|[[tornado]]
|90
|
|[[Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021]]
|[[Kentucky]], [[Illinois]], [[Tennessee]], [[Missouri]], [[Arkansas]]
|A rare late-season tornado outbreak devastated states across the mid-south midwest, causing widespread damage and fatalities. [[Kentucky]] was particularly hard hit, with 75 fatalities occurring in the state. There were also 3 non-tornadic fatalities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59623970|title=Kentucky tornadoes: Desperate search for survivors as death toll rises|website=BBC|access-date=December 12, 2021|date=December 12, 2021|archive-date=December 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211230325/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59623970|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Jamie McGee |author2=Laura Faith Kebede |author3=Campbell Robertson |title=Tornadoes Tear Through South and Midwest, With at Least 70 Dead in Kentucky |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/kentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html#aoh=16393087793200&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F12%2F11%2Fus%2Fkentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html |access-date=13 December 2021 |agency=[[The New York Times]] |date=11 December 2021 |location=Mayfield, Kentucky |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212124603/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/kentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html#aoh=16393087793200&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F12%2F11%2Fus%2Fkentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-
|2021
|[[Hurricane]]
|115
|$65.25 billion
|[[Hurricane Ida]]
|[[United States]] (especially in [[Louisiana]], [[New Jersey]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Northeastern United States]]), [[Cuba]], [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], [[Jamaica]]
|After causing widespread destruction along the Gulf Coast, (specifically [[Louisiana]]), Ida moved north, spawned a [[Hurricane Ida tornado outbreak|destructive tornado outbreak]], and caused massive flooding in many Northeastern states such as [[New York State|New York]], [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]]. Ida is now the [[List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes|sixth-costliest]] tropical cyclone on record.<ref name="AON September 2021">{{cite report|url=http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/Documents/20210012-analytics-if-september-global-recap.pdf|title=Global Catastrophe Recap September 2021|date=October 12, 2021|publisher=[[Aon (company)|Aon Benfield]]|pages=11, 13|access-date=October 12, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
|2021
|[[Winter storm]]
|237
| ≥ $196.5 billion<ref name="Uri AAR">{{cite report|url=https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/HSEM/2021-Winter-Storm-Uri-AAR-Findings-Report.pdf|title=2021 Winter Storm Uri After-Action Review: Findings Report|author=|publisher=City of Austin & Travis County|date=November 4, 2021|accessdate=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105210936/https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/HSEM/2021-Winter-Storm-Uri-AAR-Findings-Report.pdf|archive-date=November 5, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AON September 2021" />
|[[February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm]]
|[[United States]] (especially in [[Texas]], northern [[Mexico]])
|While the storm was widespread across the U.S., [[Mexico]], and parts of [[Canada]], the worst was in Texas, causing the [[2021 Texas power crisis]], as the energy infrastructure was unprepared for the freezing temperatures. 237 deaths ({{as of|2021|07|14|df=US|lc=y}}), including 223 in the United States and 14 in Mexico.<ref name="goes up to 210">{{cite news|url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2021/07/14/403191/texas-winter-storm-death-toll-goes-up-to-210-including-43-deaths-in-harris-county/|title=Texas Winter Storm Death Toll Goes Up To 210, Including 43 Deaths In Harris County|author=Andrew Weber|work=Houston Public Media|date=July 14, 2021|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Uri weather.com">{{Cite web|title=Houston Faces Dire Water Issues as Power Outages, Cold Push Texans To Their Limits|url=https://weather.com/news/news/2021-02-17-texas-water-power-outages-snow-ice-weather-south|website=weather.com|language=en-US|author=Jan Wesner Childs|publisher=[[The Weather Company]]|date=February 18, 2021|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="man killed">{{Cite web|author=|date=February 15, 2021|title=Man killed in crash involving semi-truck in northern Oklahoma|url=https://www.koco.com/article/person-killed-in-crash-involving-semi-truck-in-northern-oklahoma/35502828|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=KOCO News|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Mexico deaths">{{cite news|title=20 deaths blamed on cold weather in north as another front moves in|url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/20-deaths-blamed-on-cold-weather-in-north-as-another-front-moves-in/|website=Mexico News Daily|date=February 19, 2021|access-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Wildfire]]
|47
|≥$19.884 billion
|[[2020 Western United States wildfire season]]
|[[Western United States]]
| One of the most destructive wildfire seasons recorded in the Western United States.<ref name="NOAA billions">{{cite web|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/events|title=Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Table of Events|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]|date=December 2020|access-date=March 26, 2021}}</ref><ref name="2020 Large Incident Report">{{cite report|title=2020 National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report|work=Geographic Area Coordination Center|url=https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|publisher=[[National Interagency Fire Center]]|date=December 21, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229021815/https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|archive-date=December 29, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Wildfire]]
|31
|≥$12.079 billion
|[[2020 California wildfires]]
|[[California]]
| The largest and the third-most destructive wildfire season on record in California.<ref name="2020 California fire season damage">{{cite web|url=https://abc7news.com/california-wildfires-cost-of-cal-fire-stanford-wildfire-research/6897462/|title=Damage from California's wildfires estimated at $10 billion, experts say|website=abc7news.com|author=David Louie|publisher=ABC, Inc.|date=October 9, 2020|access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref><ref name="2020 Large Incident Report" />

|-
|2020
|[[Derecho]]
|4
|$11 billion
|[[August 2020 Midwest derecho]]
|[[Midwestern United States]]
|The severe derecho affected the states of [[Iowa]], [[Illinois]], [[Nebraska]], [[Indiana]], and [[Wisconsin]]. The derecho caused high winds and spawned an outbreak of a couple tornadoes. The derecho also caused the state of Iowa to lose approximately 550,000 acres of corn harvest. The highest winds recorded from the derecho was about 140 mph in [[Cedar Rapids]], Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Midwest Derecho - August 10, 2020, Updated: 10/8/20 12 pm |url=https://www.weather.gov/dvn/summary_081020 |website=weather.gov |publisher=National Weather Servic & NOAA |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|≥211 killed, 120 missing
|$7.9 billion
|[[Hurricane Eta]]
|[[Colombia]], [[Jamaica]], [[Central America]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[The Bahamas]], [[Southeastern United States]]
| Long-lived tropical cyclone that made four landfalls. Caused significant amounts of destruction, especially in Central America.<ref name="AonNovember">{{cite web |title=Global Catastrophe Recap November 2020 |url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201210_analytics-if-november-global-recap.pdf |publisher=[[Aon (company)|Aon]] |date=December 10, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|8
|$3.6 billion
|[[Hurricane Zeta]]
|[[Cayman Islands]], [[Jamaica]], [[Central America]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic]], [[New England]], [[Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Aon Benfield October 2020">{{cite web|title=Global Catastrophe Recap – October 2020|url=http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/documents/20201111_analytics-if-october-global-recap.pdf|work=[[Aon (company)|Aon Benfield]]|date=November 11, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021|pages=4}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|6
|$3.086 billion
|[[Hurricane Delta]]
|[[Jamaica]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Northeastern United States]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Aon Benfield October 2020" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|8
|$7.3 billion
|[[Hurricane Sally]]
|[[The Bahamas]], [[Cuba]], [[U.S. Gulf Coast]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Norway]]
| Sally did not have its name retired, making it the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the North Atlantic that did not have its name retired.<ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="no longer">{{cite web|url=https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/03/wmo-atlantic-hurricanes-no-longer-to-receive-names-from-greek-alphabet/|title=WMO: Atlantic hurricanes no longer to receive names from Greek alphabet|author=Jeff Masters|publisher=Yale Climate Connections|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021}}</ref><ref name="strong candidates">{{Cite web|title=These 2019 and 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Names Were Not Retired, But Were Strong Candidates {{!}} The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel {{!}} weather.com|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2021-03-19-atlantic-names-not-retired-2019-2020|access-date=2021-03-21|website=The Weather Channel|language=en-US}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|77
|$19.1 billion
|[[Hurricane Laura]]
|[[Lesser Antilles]], [[Greater Antilles]], [[The Bahamas]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Midwestern United States]], [[Eastern United States]]
| Tied with the [[1856 Last Island hurricane]] as the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the state of [[Louisiana]], in terms of [[maximum sustained winds]].<ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="AonNovember" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|18
|$4.725 billion
|[[Hurricane Isaias]]
|[[West Africa]], [[Lesser Antilles]], [[Greater Antilles]], [[The Bahamas]], [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Eastern Canada]]
| Caused the [[Hurricane Isaias tornado outbreak|worst tropical cyclone-spawned tornado outbreak]] since [[Hurricane Rita]] in 2005.<ref name="NCdeaths">{{cite news |title=At least 2 people dead, 3 missing after tornado touches down in Bertie County |url=https://abc11.com/nc-tornado-bertie-county-hurricane-isaias-tropical-storm/6352664/ |access-date=4 August 2020 |work=ABC11 Raleigh-Durham |date=4 August 2020 |language=en |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807080141/https://abc11.com/nc-tornado-bertie-county-hurricane-isaias-tropical-storm/6352664/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Global Catastrophe Report August 2020">{{cite web|url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201109_analytics-if-august-global-recap.pdf|title=Global Catastrophe Report 2020|author=AON|publisher=AON|date=September 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914230959/http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201109_analytics-if-august-global-recap.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Isaias did not have its name retired following the season, making Isaias the third-costliest Atlantic hurricane that didn't have its name retired.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-17|title=Greek alphabet retired for hurricane names; 'Arnold' still available|url=https://www.wpri.com/weather/hurricane-names-greek-alphabet-retired-isaias-not-retired/|access-date=2021-03-17|website=WPRI.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="no longer" /><ref name="strong candidates" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|9
|$1.2 billion
|[[Hurricane Hanna (2020)|Hurricane Hanna]]
|[[Cuba]], [[Hispaniola]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]] (mainly [[Texas]]), [[Mexico]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
|2019
|[[Tropical cyclone|Tropical storm]]
|7
|$5 billion
|[[Tropical Storm Imelda]]
|Texas, [[Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Arkansas]]
| The fifth-wettest tropical cyclone recorded in the [[Contiguous United States]].<ref name="Imelda TCR">{{cite report|last1=Latto |first1=Andy |last2=Berg |first2=Robbie |title=Tropical Storm Imelda |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL112019_Imelda.pdf |type=Tropical Cyclone Report |publisher=National Hurricane Center |access-date=February 1, 2021 |location=Miami, Florida |date=February 7, 2020}}</ref> Imelda's name was not retired, making it the second-costliest Atlantic tropical cyclone name on record to not be retired.<ref name="no longer" /><ref name="no retirement">{{cite web|url=https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2021/03/19/no-retirement-for-imelda/|title=No Retirement for "Imelda"|author1=Amanda Cochran|author2=Frank Billingsly|publisher=Click2Houston|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=These 2019 and 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Names Were Not Retired, But Were Strong Candidates {{!}} The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel {{!}} weather.com|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2021-03-19-atlantic-names-not-retired-2019-2020|access-date=2021-03-21|website=The Weather Channel|language=en-US}}</ref>

|-
|2019
|[[Earthquake]]
|1 killed, 25 injured
|$5.3 billion
|[[2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes]]
|[[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Arizona]]
| Three earthquakes struck California between July 4 and July 5. The main earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude, as two others were 5.4 and 6.4 magnitudes. At least one was killed and several others were injured. The main earthquake was the strongest earthquake to hit the region in [[1999 Hector Mine earthquake|20 years]].<ref name="wapo">{{cite report|work=Washington Post|date=July 6, 2019|access-date=July 8, 2021|title=California had its largest earthquake in years — then an even bigger one hit|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/06/california-earthquake/}}</ref>

|-
|2019
|[[Hurricane]]
|84 killed, 245 missing
|$5.1 billion
|[[Hurricane Dorian]]
|[[Lesser Antilles]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[The Bahamas]] (especially the [[Abaco Islands]] and [[Grand Bahama]]), [[Eastern United States]] (especially [[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]], and [[North Carolina]]), [[Eastern Canada]]
| The costliest tropical cyclone recorded in the Bahamas. The storm stalled over [[Grand Bahama]] for a day.<ref name="TCR">{{cite report|author=Lixion Avila, Stacy Stewart, Robbie Berg, and Andrew Hagen|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=April 20, 2020|access-date=April 29, 2020|title=Hurricane Dorian (AL052019)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL052019_Dorian.pdf}}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Wildfire]]
|97
|≥$26.347 billion
|[[2018 California wildfires]]
|California
| The deadliest and most destructive wildfire season on record in California.<ref name="25.4 billion">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-28/california-fire-damages-already-at-25-4-billion-and-counting|title=California Fire Damage Estimated at $25.4 Billion|author1=Nic Querolo|author2=Brian K. Sullivan|publisher=Bloomberg|date=October 29, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name="LATimes Costliest">{{Cite news |last=Reyes-Velarde |first=Alejandra |date=January 11, 2019 |title=California's Camp fire was the costliest global disaster last year, insurance report shows |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-camp-fire-insured-losses-20190111-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Woolsey Fire cost">{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/california/malibu/6-billion-real-estate-destroyed-woolsey-fire-report|title=$6 Billion In Real Estate Destroyed In Woolsey Fire: Report|author=Emily Holland|website=patch.com|publisher=Patch Media|date=November 28, 2018|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref><ref name="2018 LargeIncidentReport">{{cite web|url=https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|title=2018 National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report|publisher=[[National Interagency Fire Center]]|date=November 9, 2018|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214408/hhttps://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|archive-date=July 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="suppression costs climb">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/10/more-companies-are-flagging-wildfire-risk-as-suppression-costs-climb.html#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20costs%20center,allotted%20in%20the%20state's%20budget.|title=A rising number of US companies are flagging wildfire risk as suppression costs climb|author=J. R. Reed|publisher=CNBC|date=November 12, 2019|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref>

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|2018
|[[Wildfire]]
|85
|$16.5 billion
|[[Camp Fire (2018)|Camp Fire]]
|California
|The worst fire in California history destroyed more than 18,000 structures in [[Northern California]]. It was fueled by large dry [[List of national forests of the United States|national forests]] and was started by electrical transmission lines.

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|74
|$25.5 billion
|[[Hurricane Michael]]
|[[Central America]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[Southeastern United States]] (especially the [[Florida Panhandle]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]), [[Eastern United States]], [[Eastern Canada]], [[Iberian Peninsula]]
| The third-most intense landfalling tropical cyclone recorded in the United States.<ref name="Michael TCR">{{cite report |last1=Beven |first1=John |last2=Berg |first2=Robbie |last3=Hagen |first3=Andrew |title=Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Michael |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf |publisher=National Hurricane Center |access-date=17 August 2020 |date=17 May 2019 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729102708/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|54
|$24.23 billion
|[[Hurricane Florence]]
|[[West Africa]], [[Cape Verde]], [[Bermuda]], [[East Coast of the United States]] (especially the [[Carolinas]]), [[Atlantic Canada]]
| Wettest tropical cyclone recorded in the Carolinas.<ref name="Florence TCR">{{cite report|author=Stacy Stewart and Robbie Berg|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=May 30, 2019|access-date=September 18, 2019|title=Hurricane Florence (AL062018)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062018_Florence.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002160858/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062018_Florence.pdf|archive-date=October 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|1
|>$250 million
|[[Hurricane Lane]]
|[[Hawaii]]
| Wettest tropical cyclone recorded in Hawaii.<ref>{{cite report|publisher=AON Benfield|date=December 2018|access-date=March 28, 2020|title=Global Catastrophe Recap: December 2018|url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com/Documents/20190118-ab-if-december-global-recap.pdf|page=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201223723/http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20190118-ab-if-december-global-recap.pdf|archive-date=February 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|2017
|[[Wildfire]]
|47
|≥$18 billion
|[[2017 California wildfires]]
|California
| The second-most destructive wildfire season on record in California (behind only [[2018 California wildfires|2018]]).<ref name="13.2 billion">{{cite web|url=http://www.artemis.bm/blog/2018/01/25/california-wildfire-industry-losses-put-at-13-2bn-by-aon-benfield/|title=California wildfire industry losses put at $13.2bn by Aon Benfield|publisher=Artemis.bm|date=January 25, 2018|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name="spent">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-wildfire-costs-20180301-story.html|title=California spent nearly $1.8 billion last year fighting major wildfires|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 1, 2018|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref>

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|2017
|[[Wildfire]]
|0
|$15 million
|[[Goodwin Fire]]
|[[Arizona]]
|Started in the Bradshaw Mountains near [[Mayer, Arizona]]. The fire caused the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office and the Mayer Fire Department to close parts of [[State Route 69 (Arizona)|Highway 69]] between Mayer and [[Dewey-Humboldt]]. 100+ people had to be evacuated from Mayer and other close communities outside of Mayer also had to be evacuated such as [[Spring Valley, Arizona|Spring Valley]] and [[Cordes Lakes, Arizona|Cordes Lakes]]. The fire started on June 24, 2017 and it reached 100% containment on July 10.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goodwin Fire now 100% contained |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t63k9 |website=dailymotion.com |publisher=ABC15 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> 5 homes were destroyed and 2 others were damaged.<ref>{{cite web |title=One year anniversary of Goodwin Fire |url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/one-year-anniversary-of-goodwin-fire |website=fox10phoenix.com |publisher=FOX10 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>

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|2017
|[[Hurricane]]
|3,059
|$91.619 billion
|[[Hurricane Maria]]
|[[Florida]] and [[Puerto Rico]]
| Maria struck Puerto Rico as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to the US island due to extremely powerful winds and devastating floods. The hurricane also knocked out the entire power grid, triggering a near total island blackout. The lack of aid after the disaster caused a [[humanitarian crisis]], the worst in the US since [[Hurricane Katrina]], which lasted several months and had a dramatic effect on Puerto Rico's population.

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|2017
|[[Hurricane]]
|134
|$77.16 billion
|[[Hurricane Irma]]
|[[Florida]], [[South Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| Irma ravaged the northern [[Leeward Islands]] as an extremely powerful Category 5 hurricane before making landfall in the [[Florida Keys]] as a Category 4 hurricane, and in the mainland as a Category 3 hurricane. Irma caused widespread damage in Florida due to high winds and destructive floods. The Florida Keys were hit the hardest, with the vast majority of infrastructure there receiving some degree of damage, and at least 25% receiving major damage. Hurricane Irma also knocked out power to 73% of the state, or 7.7 million homes and businesses.

|-
|2017
|[[Hurricane]] and [[Flood]]
|107
|$125 billion
|[[Hurricane Harvey]]
|[[Texas]], [[Louisiana]], [[Alabama]]
| Harvey made landfall in Southwestern Texas as a Category 4 hurricane. Most of the damage from Harvey occurred after it had weakened, due to extreme prolonged rains dropping several feet of water that triggered unprecedented floods in a large swath of Southeastern Texas, with the worst of the flooding occurring in [[Houston]].

|-
|2017
|[[Winter storm]] and [[flood]]
|5
|$1.55 billion
|[[2017 California floods]]
|California
| Caused by a series of storms that led to California's wettest rainy season on record, in modern history.<ref name="2017 could tie records">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/10/18/2017-could-tie-record-billion-dollar-disasters-year-heres-why/763406001/|title=2017 could tie record for billion-dollar disasters in a year. Here's why.|author1=Doyle Rice|author2=Jim Sergent|author3=George Petras|author4=Janet Loehrke|publisher=USA Today Weather|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref><ref name="billion-dollar disasters">{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2017-10-20-billion-dollar-weather-disasters-united-states-record-tied|title=16 Billion-Dollar Disasters Have Impacted the U.S. This Year, Tying an All-Time Record, Thanks to the California Wildfires|author=Linda Lam|publisher=The Weather Company, LLC|date=October 31, 2017|access-date=November 4, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Big Sur landslide">{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/science/environment/news/2019-02-19-big-sur-catastrophic-landslide-drought-deluge|title=California's Big Sur's $54 Million 'Catastrophic Landslide' a Result of Drought Followed by Deluge, Scientists Say|publisher=The Weather Company|date=February 19, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Flood]]
|10
|
|[[2017 Payson flash floods]]
|[[Arizona]]
|One of the deadliest floods to ever hit [[Gila County, Arizona]]

|-
|2016
|[[Wildfire]]
|14
|$990 million
|[[2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires]]
|[[Tennessee]]
| Destroyed nearly 2,000 structures; burned nearly 18,000 acres.

|-
|2016
|[[Hurricane]]
|49
|$15.090 billion
|[[Hurricane Matthew]]
|[[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[The Carolinas]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Flood]]
|13
|
|[[2016 Louisiana floods]]
|[[Louisiana]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Flood]]
|23
|
|[[2016 West Virginia flood]]
|[[West Virginia]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Blizzard]]
|55
|≥$500 million – $3 billion
|[[January 2016 United States blizzard]]
|Southeast through the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast
|Snowfall totals in excess of two feet (61 cm)

|-
|2015
|[[Flood]]
|25
|$2 billion
|[[October 2015 North American storm complex]]
|Carolinas
| Channeled moisture from [[Hurricane Joaquin]] into the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic states]]. Caused the worst flooding recorded in the Carolinas prior to [[Hurricane Florence]] in 2018.<ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
| 2015
| [[Flood]]
| 20
|
| [[2015 Utah floods]]
| [[Utah]]
|
|-
| 2015
| [[Wildfire]]
| 3
| $8 billion
| [[Okanogan Complex fire]]
| [[Okanogan County, Washington]]
| Damage figure includes costs involved in the fighting of the fire.

|-
| 2015
| [[Flood]]
| 46
|
| [[2015 Texas–Oklahoma floods]]
| Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Snow storm]]
| 24
|
| [[November 17–21, 2014 North American winter storm|November 2014 North American winter storm]]
| [[Buffalo, New York]], Great Lakes region
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Tornado]]
| 35
| $1 billion
| [[Tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014|April 2014 tornado outbreak]]
| [[Nebraska]], [[Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Illinois]], [[Florida]], [[North Carolina]]
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Mudflow]]
| 43
|
| [[2014 Oso mudslide]]
| [[Oso, Washington]]
|
|-
| 2013 / 2014
| [[Cold wave]]
| 21
|
| [[Early 2014 North American cold wave]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Wildfire]]
| 19
|
| [[Yarnell Hill Fire]]
| [[Yarnell, Arizona]]
|
|-
|2013
|[[Flood]]
|8
|$1.9 billion
|[[2013 Colorado floods]]
|[[Colorado]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Tornado]]
| 24
| $2 billion
| [[2013 Moore tornado]]
| [[Moore, Oklahoma]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Blizzard]]
| 18
|
| [[February 2013 nor'easter]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
|2012
|[[Wildfire]]
|6
|
|[[2012 Colorado wildfires]]
|[[Colorado]]

|
|-
| 2012
| [[Hurricane]]
| 147
| $75 billion
| [[Hurricane Sandy]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
| 2011
| [[Tornado]]
| 158
| $2.8 billion (2011 USD)
| [[2011 Joplin tornado]]
| [[Joplin, Missouri]]
| part of the [[tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011]]

|-
| 2011
| [[Hurricane]]
| 58
| $14.2 billion (2011 USD)
| [[Hurricane Irene]]
| [[North Carolina]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Vermont]], [[Florida]], [[East Coast of the United States]]
|
|-
| 2011
| [[Tornado]]
| 346
| $11 billion (2011 USD)
| [[2011 Super Outbreak]]
| [[Alabama]], [[Tennessee]], [[Mississippi]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Arkansas]] and [[Virginia]]
| 336 tornadoes

|-
| 2011
| [[Flood]]
| 20
| $2–4 billion<ref>{{cite web|last=Masters|first=Jeffrey|title=Mississippi River flood of 2011 already a $2 billion disaster|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1800|work=Weather Underground|publisher=Jeff Masters' WunderBlog|access-date=May 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Gary|title=Mississippi flood damages could reach billions|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-news/2011/05/11/mississippi-flood-damages-could-reach-billions/|access-date=May 12, 2011|newspaper=Tucson Citizen|date=May 11, 2011|author2=Marisol Bello}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| [[2011 Mississippi River floods]]
| [[Mississippi River Valley]]

|-
| 2010
| [[Blizzard]]
| 13
| $150 million
| [[February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard]]
| 16 states in Eastern US
|
|-
| 2010
| [[Flood]]
| 20
|
| [[June 2010 Arkansas floods]]
| near [[Langley, Arkansas]]
| [[Albert Pike Recreational Area]]
|-
| 2009
| [[Snow storm]]
| 7
| $2 billion
| [[December 2009 North American blizzard]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[New England]], [[Virginia]], [[North Carolina]], [[Atlantic Canada]]
| December 16–20, 2009
|-
| 2009
| [[Tsunami]]
| 31
|
| [[2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami]]
| [[American Samoa]] and nearby islands
| 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 Gustav (2008)|Hurricane Gustav]]
| [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]], [[Texas]], [[Arkansas]], [[Oklahoma]]
|
|-
| 2008
| [[Tornado]]
| 59
| $1.2 billion
| [[2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak]]
| [[Tennessee]], [[Arkansas]], [[Kentucky]], [[Alabama]], and [[Illinois]]
|
|-
| 2007
| [[Wildfire]]
| 14
| ≥$2.393 billion
| [[October 2007 California wildfires]]
| California
| Large fires burned out of control across southern California, fueled by unusually strong [[Santa Ana winds]]; worst around [[San Diego]]; caused evacuation of over one million people. Most fires accidental; some suspected arson.<ref name="losses">{{cite web|url=http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|title=California Wildfire: How Large Can The Losses Be?|author1=Dr. Tomas Girnius|author2=Tyler Hauteniemi|author3=Scott Stransky|publisher=AIRCurrents|date=August 2008|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031708/http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="2007 San Diego firestorms AAR">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/oes/docs/2007_SanDiego_Fire_AAR_Main_Document_FINAL.pdf|title=2007 San Diego County Firestorms After Action Report|author=Walker F. Ekard|publisher=County of San Diego|date=February 2008|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="2007 fire siege">{{cite web |url=http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/siege/2007/Overview_CompleteFinal.pdf |date=8 January 2009|title=California Fire Siege 2007: An Overview |access-date=21 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119041829/http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/siege/2007/Overview_CompleteFinal.pdf|archive-date=19 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-
| 2006
| [[Wildfires]]
| 9
| $226.6 million (2006 USD)
| [[2006 California wildfires]]
| [[Southern California]]
|
|-
| 2006
| [[Snow storm]]
| 19
| $530 million (2006 USD)
| [[Lake Storm "Aphid"]]
| [[Buffalo, New York]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 30
| $21 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Wilma]]
| [[Florida]], [[East Coast of the United States]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 1,836
| $125 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Katrina]]
| Florida, [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 120
| $10 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Rita]]
| [[Louisiana]], [[Texas]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 15
| $2.5 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Dennis (2005)|Hurricane Dennis]]
| [[Florida]], Southeastern U.S
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Tornado]]
| 25
| $92 million
| [[Evansville Tornado of November 2005]]
| [[Missouri]], [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], [[Ohio]]
| 7 tornadoes
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 124
| $19 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Ivan]]
| Texas, Florida, East Coast
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 5
| $7.5 billion
| [[Hurricane Jeanne]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 49
| $9 billion
| [[Hurricane Frances]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 10
| $15 billion
| [[Hurricane Charley]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2003
| [[Hurricane]]
| 51
| $3.6 billion
| [[Hurricane Isabel]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Virginia]], [[Maryland]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|
|-
| 2003
| [[Wildfire]]
| 15
| $1.331 billion
| [[Cedar Fire]]
| California
| The largest and most destructive wildfire recorded in the modern history of [[San Diego County, California|San Diego County]].<ref name="losses">{{cite web|url=http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|title=California Wildfire: How Large Can The Losses Be?|author1=Dr. Tomas Girnius|author2=Tyler Hauteniemi|author3=Scott Stransky|publisher=AIRCurrents|date=August 2008|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031708/http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=memorial>{{cite web|title=Cedar Fire Memorial |url=http://www.lakesidehistory.org/CedarFire/cedar_fire_memorial.htm |website=www.lakesidehistory.org |access-date=5 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623225606/http://www.lakesidehistory.org/CedarFire/cedar_fire_memorial.htm |archive-date=23 June 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| [[Hurricane]]
| 41
| $5.5 billion
| [[Tropical Storm Allison]]
| Texas, [[Louisiana]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Hurricane]]
| 85
| $6.5 billion
| [[Hurricane Floyd]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Atlantic Canada]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Heat wave]]
| 271
|
|
| [[Midwest]] and [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Tornado]]
| 48
| $1.5 billion (2005 USD)
| [[1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak]]
| [[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], Texas, [[Tennessee]]
| 74 tornadoes
|-
| 1998 / 1999
| [[Landslide]]
| 0
| $70 million
| [[Aldercrest-Banyon landslide]]
| [[Kelso, Washington]]
|
|-
| 1998
| [[Blizzard]]
| 30
| $5 million
| [[North American ice storm of 1998]]
| Canada and Northeast
|
|-
| 1997
| [[Flood]]
| 0
| $2 billion
| [[1997 Red River flood]]
| [[North Dakota]], [[Minnesota]], Southern [[Manitoba]]
|
|-
| 1996
| [[Flood]]
| 8
| $500 million
| [[Willamette Valley flood of 1996]]
| [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[Oregon]], [[Idaho]], California
|
|-
| 1995
| [[Heat wave]]
| 739
|
| [[Chicago heat wave of 1995]]
| Chicago, Illinois
|
|-
| 1995
| [[Flood]]
| 6
| $1.36 billion
| [[May 8, 1995 Louisiana flood]]
| [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], area
|
|-
| 1994
| [[Earthquake]]
| 57
| $23 billion
| [[Northridge earthquake]]
| [[Greater Los Angeles area]]
|
|-
| 1993
| [[Blizzard]]
| 79–300
| $6.6 billion
| [[1993 Storm of the Century|Storm of the Century]]
| East Coast of North and Central America
|
|-
| 1993
| [[Flood]]
| 50
| $15 billion
| [[Great Flood of 1993]]
| [[Midwest]]
|
|-
| 1992
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6
| $3.1 billion
| [[Hurricane Iniki]]
| Hawaii
|
|-
| 1992
| [[Hurricane]]
| 26
| $25 billion
| [[Hurricane Andrew]]
| Florida and [[Louisiana]]
|
|-
| 1991
| [[Wildfire]]
| 25
| $1.5 billion
| [[Oakland Hills fire]]
| [[San Francisco Bay Area]], California
|
|-
| 1990
| [[Tornado]]
| 29
| $160 million
| [[1990 Plainfield tornado]]
| [[Plainfield, Illinois]] [[Crest Hill, Illinois]]
|
|-
| 1989
| [[Earthquake]]
| 69
| $6 billion
| [[Loma Prieta earthquake]]
| [[San Francisco Bay Area]], California
|
|-
| 1989
| [[Hurricane]]
| 49
| $7 billion (1989 USD)
| [[Hurricane Hugo]]
| [[Caribbean]] and Eastern North America.
| Damage figure for U.S. only. At least 111 total deaths, with 37 in the continental U.S. and 12 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico.
|-
| 1988
| [[Heat wave]] and [[Drought]]
| 5,000 – 10,000
| $120 billion (2014 USD)
| [[1988-89 North American drought]]
| Widespread; 45% of the nation affected
| Costliest [[natural disaster]] in the [[United States]] prior to [[Hurricane Katrina]].
|-
| 1988
| [[Wildfire]]
| 2
| $240 million
| [[Yellowstone fires of 1988]]
| [[Yellowstone National Park]], Wyoming
| 793,880 acres (36% of the park) was burned in the fires started by lightning.
|-
| 1985
| [[Hurricane]]
| 9
| $1.3 billion
| [[Hurricane Elena]]
| Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
|
|-
| 1985
| [[Hurricane]]
| 14
| $900 million
| [[Hurricane Gloria]]
| New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, New England
|
|-
| 1983
| [[Hurricane]]
| 21
| $3 billion
| [[Hurricane Alicia]]
| Texas
|
|-
| 1980
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6
| $630 million (1980 USD)
| [[Hurricane Allen]]
| South Texas
|
|-
| 1980
| [[Heat wave]]
| 1,700
| $20 billion
| [[1980 United States heat wave]]
| Central and southern states
| Official death toll, may have been higher; damage figure not adjusted for inflation.
|-
| 1980
| [[Volcano]]
| 57
| $1.1 billion
| [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens]]
| [[Washington (state)|Washington state]]
| Damage figure not adjusted for inflation; figure in 2015 dollars is 2,890.
|-
| 1977
| [[Blizzard]]
| 23
| $56.25 billion (1977 USD)
| [[Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977]]
| New York and [[Ontario]] (esp. [[Buffalo, New York]])
|
|-
| 1976
| [[Flood]]
| 145
|
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Big Thompson Canyon flood in Colorado (July 1976)|Big Thompson Canyon Flood of 1976]]
| [[Colorado]]
|
|-
| 1974
| [[Tornado]]
| 315
|
| [[1974 Super Outbreak]]
| [[Ontario]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Michigan]], [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[North Carolina]], [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]] and New York
| 148 tornadoes
|-
| 1972
| [[Flood]]
| 238
| $160 million (1972 USD); $664 million (2002 USD)
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Rapid City, South Dakota Flood – June 1972|1972 Rapid City Flood]]
| [[Rapid City, South Dakota]]
| Average rainfall over area of 60 mi2 measured at 10-{{convert|15|in|mm}}, over 6 hours in middle of night June 9–10, 1972.
|-
| 1971
| [[Earthquake]]
| 65
| $500 million
| [[Sylmar earthquake]]
| [[Greater Los Angeles area]]
|
|-
| 1970
| [[Tornado]]
| 26
| $1.412 billion (2008 USD)
| [[Lubbock Tornado]]
| [[Lubbock, Texas]]
| F5 tornado killed 26 and wounded approximately 500
|-
| 1969
| [[Hurricane]]
| 256
| $1.42 billion
| [[Hurricane Camille]]
| [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]] and [[Virginia]]
|
|-
| 1965
| [[Tornado]]
| 271
|
| [[1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak|Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak]]
| [[Iowa]], [[Ohio]], [[Michigan]], [[Indiana]]
| 78 tornadoes
|-
| 1964
| [[Tsunami]] and [[Earthquake]]
| 115
| $1.8 billion (2006 USD)
| [[Good Friday earthquake]]
| [[Alaska]], Hawaii, [[Oregon]], California, British Columbia
|
|-
| 1960
| [[Tsunami]]
| 61
| $500 million (2005 USD)
| [[Great Chilean earthquake]]
| Hawaii, [[Alaska]]
| 2,290 to 6,600 killed and $3,500 M (2005) in damage worldwide. 61 killed in [[Hilo, Hawaii]]. $500 M in U.S. property damage
|-
| 1957
| [[Tornado]]
| 10
| $26 million
| [[1957 Fargo tornado]]
| [[Fargo, ND]]
|
|-
| 1953
| [[Tornado]]
| 114
|
|
| [[Waco, TX]]
|
|-
| 1951
| [[Flood]]
| 28
| $935 million ($9.21 billion in 2019)
| [[Great Flood of 1951]]
| [[Kansas]] and [[Missouri]]
|
|-
| 1950
| [[Blizzard]]
| 353
| $67 million (1950 USD)
| [[Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950]]
| Eastern US States
|
|-
| 1946
| [[Tsunami]] and [[Earthquake]]
| 165
|
| [[Aleutian Island earthquake]]
| [[Alaska]] and [[Hawaii]]
|
|-
| 1940
| [[Blizzard]]
| 154
| $2 million
| [[Armistice Day Blizzard]]
| North and Central Midwest
| Damage total not adjusted for inflation.
|-
| 1938
| [[Hurricane]]
| 600
|
| [[Great New England Hurricane]]
|
|
|-
| 1938
| [[Flood]]
| 115
|
| [[Los Angeles Flood of 1938]]
| Los Angeles
|
|-
| 1937
| [[Flood]]
| 385
| $500 thousand
| [[Ohio River flood of 1937]]
| [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Indiana]], [[Illinois]]
|
|-
| 1936
| [[Flood]]
| 69
| $250 million ($4.66 billion in 2020)
| [[Pittsburgh Flood 1936]]
| [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], area
|
|-
| 1935
| [[Hurricane]]
| 423
|
| [[Labor Day Hurricane of 1935]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 1931 to 1939
| [[Drought]]
| Unknown
| $1 million (2017 USD)
| [[Dust Bowl]]
| [[Great Plains]]
| Compounded by unsustainable agricultural techniques
|-
| 1928
| [[Hurricane]]
| 3,000
| $800 million (2005 USD)
| [[1928 Okeechobee Hurricane]]
| [[Leeward Islands]], [[Puerto Rico]], the [[Bahamas]], and Florida
| 4,078+ believed dead total. About 2,500 died in Florida and 500 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico.
|-
| 1927
| [[Flood]]
| 246
| $400 million
| [[Great Mississippi Flood of 1927]]
| [[Arkansas]], [[Illinois]], [[Kentucky]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Tennessee]]
|
|-
| 1926
| [[Tornado]]
| 16
|
| [[La Plata, Maryland#Tornado history|La Plata Tornado of 1926]]
| [[La Plata, Maryland]]
| 13 killed in La Plata Elementary School
|-
| 1925
| [[Tornado]]
| 695–727
| $16.5 million; $1.4 billion (1997 USD)
| [[Tri-State Tornado]]
| [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]] and [[Indiana]] ([[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]])
| Lower number for single 3-state tornado; higher for 5-state outbreak
|-
| 1919
| [[Hurricane]]
| 600
|
| [[1919 Florida Keys Hurricane]]
| Florida, Texas
|
|-
| 1918
| [[Wildfire]]
| 453
| $73 million ($1.145 billion in 2015)
| [[1918 Cloquet fire]]
| [[Minnesota]]
| Largest disaster in Minnesota history
|-
| 1913
| [[Flood]]
| 428
|
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Great Flood – March 1913|1913 (Ohio) Statewide Flood]]
| Southwest, Central, and Eastern [[Ohio]]
|
|-
| 1913
| [[Flood]]
| 361
|
| [[Great Dayton Flood]]
| [[Dayton, Ohio]]
| Flood was created by a series of three winter storms that hit the region in March, 1913
|-
| 1913
| [[Blizzard]]
| 250
|
| [[Great Lakes Storm of 1913]]
|
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1913
| Storm
| 250
| $5 million (1913 USD)
| [[Great Lakes Storm of 1913]]
| [[Great Lakes]] area
| Financial impact for lost vessels and cargo only
|-
| 1910
| [[Avalanche]]
| 96
|
| [[Wellington avalanche]]
| [[Wellington, Washington]]
|
|-
| 1906
| [[Earthquake]] and fire (urban conflagration)
| 3,000 – 6,000
|
| [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]]
| [[California]]
| Conflagration followed quake; fatalities estimated
|-
| 1900
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6,000 – 12,000
| $35.4 million; 1.097 billion (2020 USD)
| [[Galveston Hurricane of 1900]]
| [[Texas]]
| Fatalities estimated – remains deadliest natural disaster in North American history.
|-
| 1896
| [[Tornado]]
| 255–400
| $10 million ($307 million in 2019)
| [[St. Louis-East St. Louis tornado]]
| [[Missouri]]
|
|-
| 1894
| [[Wildfire]]
| 418
| $73 million
| [[Great Hinckley Fire]]
| [[Minnesota]]
| Actual death toll likely higher than official death toll of 418.
|-
| 1893
| [[Hurricane]]
| 2,000
|
| [[1893 Cheniere Caminada Hurricane]]
| [[Louisiana]]
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1893
| [[Hurricane]]
| 1,000 – 2,000
|
| [[1893 Sea Islands Hurricane]]
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]]
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1889
| [[Flood]]
| 2,209
| $17 million ($425 million in 2012)
| [[Johnstown Flood]]
| [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]]
| A dam failure caused 20 million tons of water to be unleashed, devastating Johnstown, PA and the surrounding area.
|-
| 1888
| [[Blizzard]]
| ca. 600
|
| [[Great Blizzard of 1888]]
| Northeast
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1888
| [[Cold wave]]
| Unknown
|
| [[1888 Northwest Cold Wave]]
| Northwest
|
|-
| 1871
| [[Wildfire]]
| 1,500 – 2,500
|
| [[Peshtigo fire]]
| [[Wisconsin]]
| Deadliest [[firestorm]] in United States history

|-
| 1862
| [[Flood]]
| >5,000
| $100 million (1862 USD); $262.2 billion (2020 USD)
| [[Great Flood of 1862]]
| [[California]], [[Oregon]], [[Utah]], and the territories that now make up [[Arizona]] and [[Nevada]]
| An [[atmospheric river]] led to 43 continuous days of rain, lasting from December 1861 until January 1862. When it was over, much of California's [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]] was covered with [[inland sea]]s that remained for months; the state's government had to move to [[San Francisco]] as [[Sacramento]] was under 10 feet of water. California nearly went bankrupt due to the costs of the damages and the loss of tax revenues from so many farms and mines; it is considered to be the worst disaster in the state's history.<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/calbk:@field(DOCID+@lit(calbk142div21)): William H. Brewer, '''Up and down California in 1860-1864''', New Haven, Yale University Press, 1930, p. 243]</ref>
|-
| 1816
| [[Famine]] (caused by [[volcano]])
| Unknown
|
| [[Year Without a Summer]]
|
| Volcanic dust from a massive eruption by [[Mount Tambora]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] (present [[Indonesia]]) in 1815 led to an abnormally cold summer in 1816 in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Cold weather inhibited crops, and [[frost]]s and [[snowstorm]]s killed what did grow, leading to a localized [[famine]].
|}

==See also==
* [[List of disasters in the United States by death toll]]
* [[List of wildfires in the United States]]
* [[:Category:Lists of tropical cyclones in the United States]]

== References ==
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This '''list of United States natural disasters''' is a list of notable [[natural disaster]]s that occurred in the [[United States]] after 1816. Due to inflation, the monetary damage estimates are not comparable. Unless otherwise noted, the year given is the year in which the currency's valuation was calculated. References can be found in the associated articles noted.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Year
!Disaster
!data-sort-type=number|Death toll
!Damage cost [[United States dollar|US$]]
!Main article
!Location
!Notes

|-
|2021
|[[Wildfire]]
|22
|$2.3 million
|[[2021 Kansas wildfire outbreak]]
|[[Kansas]]
|On December 17, 2021, a wildfire siege began in Western and Central Kansas due to blustering winds and drought. More than 10 wildfires were reported with an estimated burned area of more than 163,000+ acres. The wildfire outbreak resulted in the deaths of two individuals and the injuries of 3 others. More than 42 structures were destroyed during the outbreak, mainly in the cities of [[Paradise, Kansas|Paradise]] and [[Waldo, Kansas|Waldo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2 dead in Kansas wildfires fueled by windy, dry weather |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dead-kansas-wildfires-fueled-windy-dry-weather-81823498 |website=[[ABC News]] |publisher=Margaret Stafford |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kansas community previously devastated by fires helps out those currently struggling |url=https://www.ksn.com/news/local/the-community-previously-devastated-by-fires-helps-out-those-currently-struggling/ |website=[[KSNW]] |publisher=Jessica Watson |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|[[tornado]]
|90
|
|[[Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021]]
|[[Kentucky]], [[Illinois]], [[Tennessee]], [[Missouri]], [[Arkansas]]
|A rare late-season tornado outbreak devastated states across the mid-south midwest, causing widespread damage and fatalities. [[Kentucky]] was particularly hard hit, with 75 fatalities occurring in the state. There were also 3 non-tornadic fatalities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59623970|title=Kentucky tornadoes: Desperate search for survivors as death toll rises|website=BBC|access-date=December 12, 2021|date=December 12, 2021|archive-date=December 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211230325/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59623970|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Jamie McGee |author2=Laura Faith Kebede |author3=Campbell Robertson |title=Tornadoes Tear Through South and Midwest, With at Least 70 Dead in Kentucky |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/kentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html#aoh=16393087793200&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F12%2F11%2Fus%2Fkentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html |access-date=13 December 2021 |agency=[[The New York Times]] |date=11 December 2021 |location=Mayfield, Kentucky |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212124603/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/kentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html#aoh=16393087793200&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F12%2F11%2Fus%2Fkentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-
|2021
|[[Hurricane]]
|115
|$65.25 billion
|[[Hurricane Ida]]
|[[United States]] (especially in [[Louisiana]], [[New Jersey]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Northeastern United States]]), [[Cuba]], [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], [[Jamaica]]
|After causing widespread destruction along the Gulf Coast, (specifically [[Louisiana]]), Ida moved north, spawned a [[Hurricane Ida tornado outbreak|destructive tornado outbreak]], and caused massive flooding in many Northeastern states such as [[New York State|New York]], [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]]. Ida is now the [[List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes|sixth-costliest]] tropical cyclone on record.<ref name="AON September 2021">{{cite report|url=http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/Documents/20210012-analytics-if-september-global-recap.pdf|title=Global Catastrophe Recap September 2021|date=October 12, 2021|publisher=[[Aon (company)|Aon Benfield]]|pages=11, 13|access-date=October 12, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
|2021
|[[Winter storm]]
|237
| ≥ $196.5 billion<ref name="Uri AAR">{{cite report|url=https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/HSEM/2021-Winter-Storm-Uri-AAR-Findings-Report.pdf|title=2021 Winter Storm Uri After-Action Review: Findings Report|author=|publisher=City of Austin & Travis County|date=November 4, 2021|accessdate=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105210936/https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/HSEM/2021-Winter-Storm-Uri-AAR-Findings-Report.pdf|archive-date=November 5, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AON September 2021" />
|[[February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm]]
|[[United States]] (especially in [[Texas]], northern [[Mexico]])
|While the storm was widespread across the U.S., [[Mexico]], and parts of [[Canada]], the worst was in Texas, causing the [[2021 Texas power crisis]], as the energy infrastructure was unprepared for the freezing temperatures. 237 deaths ({{as of|2021|07|14|df=US|lc=y}}), including 223 in the United States and 14 in Mexico.<ref name="goes up to 210">{{cite news|url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2021/07/14/403191/texas-winter-storm-death-toll-goes-up-to-210-including-43-deaths-in-harris-county/|title=Texas Winter Storm Death Toll Goes Up To 210, Including 43 Deaths In Harris County|author=Andrew Weber|work=Houston Public Media|date=July 14, 2021|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Uri weather.com">{{Cite web|title=Houston Faces Dire Water Issues as Power Outages, Cold Push Texans To Their Limits|url=https://weather.com/news/news/2021-02-17-texas-water-power-outages-snow-ice-weather-south|website=weather.com|language=en-US|author=Jan Wesner Childs|publisher=[[The Weather Company]]|date=February 18, 2021|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="man killed">{{Cite web|author=|date=February 15, 2021|title=Man killed in crash involving semi-truck in northern Oklahoma|url=https://www.koco.com/article/person-killed-in-crash-involving-semi-truck-in-northern-oklahoma/35502828|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=KOCO News|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Mexico deaths">{{cite news|title=20 deaths blamed on cold weather in north as another front moves in|url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/20-deaths-blamed-on-cold-weather-in-north-as-another-front-moves-in/|website=Mexico News Daily|date=February 19, 2021|access-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Wildfire]]
|47
|≥$19.884 billion
|[[2020 Western United States wildfire season]]
|[[Western United States]]
| One of the most destructive wildfire seasons recorded in the Western United States.<ref name="NOAA billions">{{cite web|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/events|title=Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Table of Events|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]|date=December 2020|access-date=March 26, 2021}}</ref><ref name="2020 Large Incident Report">{{cite report|title=2020 National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report|work=Geographic Area Coordination Center|url=https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|publisher=[[National Interagency Fire Center]]|date=December 21, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229021815/https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|archive-date=December 29, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Wildfire]]
|31
|≥$12.079 billion
|[[2020 California wildfires]]
|[[California]]
| The largest and the third-most destructive wildfire season on record in California.<ref name="2020 California fire season damage">{{cite web|url=https://abc7news.com/california-wildfires-cost-of-cal-fire-stanford-wildfire-research/6897462/|title=Damage from California's wildfires estimated at $10 billion, experts say|website=abc7news.com|author=David Louie|publisher=ABC, Inc.|date=October 9, 2020|access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref><ref name="2020 Large Incident Report" />

|-
|2020
|[[Derecho]]
|4
|$11 billion
|[[August 2020 Midwest derecho]]
|[[Midwestern United States]]
|The severe derecho affected the states of [[Iowa]], [[Illinois]], [[Nebraska]], [[Indiana]], and [[Wisconsin]]. The derecho caused high winds and spawned an outbreak of a couple tornadoes. The derecho also caused the state of Iowa to lose approximately 550,000 acres of corn harvest. The highest winds recorded from the derecho was about 140 mph in [[Cedar Rapids]], Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Midwest Derecho - August 10, 2020, Updated: 10/8/20 12 pm |url=https://www.weather.gov/dvn/summary_081020 |website=weather.gov |publisher=National Weather Servic & NOAA |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|≥211 killed, 120 missing
|$7.9 billion
|[[Hurricane Eta]]
|[[Colombia]], [[Jamaica]], [[Central America]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[The Bahamas]], [[Southeastern United States]]
| Long-lived tropical cyclone that made four landfalls. Caused significant amounts of destruction, especially in Central America.<ref name="AonNovember">{{cite web |title=Global Catastrophe Recap November 2020 |url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201210_analytics-if-november-global-recap.pdf |publisher=[[Aon (company)|Aon]] |date=December 10, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|8
|$3.6 billion
|[[Hurricane Zeta]]
|[[Cayman Islands]], [[Jamaica]], [[Central America]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic]], [[New England]], [[Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Aon Benfield October 2020">{{cite web|title=Global Catastrophe Recap – October 2020|url=http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/documents/20201111_analytics-if-october-global-recap.pdf|work=[[Aon (company)|Aon Benfield]]|date=November 11, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021|pages=4}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|6
|$3.086 billion
|[[Hurricane Delta]]
|[[Jamaica]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Northeastern United States]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Aon Benfield October 2020" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|8
|$7.3 billion
|[[Hurricane Sally]]
|[[The Bahamas]], [[Cuba]], [[U.S. Gulf Coast]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Norway]]
| Sally did not have its name retired, making it the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the North Atlantic that did not have its name retired.<ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="no longer">{{cite web|url=https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/03/wmo-atlantic-hurricanes-no-longer-to-receive-names-from-greek-alphabet/|title=WMO: Atlantic hurricanes no longer to receive names from Greek alphabet|author=Jeff Masters|publisher=Yale Climate Connections|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021}}</ref><ref name="strong candidates">{{Cite web|title=These 2019 and 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Names Were Not Retired, But Were Strong Candidates {{!}} The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel {{!}} weather.com|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2021-03-19-atlantic-names-not-retired-2019-2020|access-date=2021-03-21|website=The Weather Channel|language=en-US}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|77
|$19.1 billion
|[[Hurricane Laura]]
|[[Lesser Antilles]], [[Greater Antilles]], [[The Bahamas]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Midwestern United States]], [[Eastern United States]]
| Tied with the [[1856 Last Island hurricane]] as the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the state of [[Louisiana]], in terms of [[maximum sustained winds]].<ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="AonNovember" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|18
|$4.725 billion
|[[Hurricane Isaias]]
|[[West Africa]], [[Lesser Antilles]], [[Greater Antilles]], [[The Bahamas]], [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Eastern Canada]]
| Caused the [[Hurricane Isaias tornado outbreak|worst tropical cyclone-spawned tornado outbreak]] since [[Hurricane Rita]] in 2005.<ref name="NCdeaths">{{cite news |title=At least 2 people dead, 3 missing after tornado touches down in Bertie County |url=https://abc11.com/nc-tornado-bertie-county-hurricane-isaias-tropical-storm/6352664/ |access-date=4 August 2020 |work=ABC11 Raleigh-Durham |date=4 August 2020 |language=en |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807080141/https://abc11.com/nc-tornado-bertie-county-hurricane-isaias-tropical-storm/6352664/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Global Catastrophe Report August 2020">{{cite web|url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201109_analytics-if-august-global-recap.pdf|title=Global Catastrophe Report 2020|author=AON|publisher=AON|date=September 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914230959/http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201109_analytics-if-august-global-recap.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Isaias did not have its name retired following the season, making Isaias the third-costliest Atlantic hurricane that didn't have its name retired.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-17|title=Greek alphabet retired for hurricane names; 'Arnold' still available|url=https://www.wpri.com/weather/hurricane-names-greek-alphabet-retired-isaias-not-retired/|access-date=2021-03-17|website=WPRI.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="no longer" /><ref name="strong candidates" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|9
|$1.2 billion
|[[Hurricane Hanna (2020)|Hurricane Hanna]]
|[[Cuba]], [[Hispaniola]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]] (mainly [[Texas]]), [[Mexico]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
|2019
|[[Tropical cyclone|Tropical storm]]
|7
|$5 billion
|[[Tropical Storm Imelda]]
|Texas, [[Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Arkansas]]
| The fifth-wettest tropical cyclone recorded in the [[Contiguous United States]].<ref name="Imelda TCR">{{cite report|last1=Latto |first1=Andy |last2=Berg |first2=Robbie |title=Tropical Storm Imelda |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL112019_Imelda.pdf |type=Tropical Cyclone Report |publisher=National Hurricane Center |access-date=February 1, 2021 |location=Miami, Florida |date=February 7, 2020}}</ref> Imelda's name was not retired, making it the second-costliest Atlantic tropical cyclone name on record to not be retired.<ref name="no longer" /><ref name="no retirement">{{cite web|url=https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2021/03/19/no-retirement-for-imelda/|title=No Retirement for "Imelda"|author1=Amanda Cochran|author2=Frank Billingsly|publisher=Click2Houston|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=These 2019 and 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Names Were Not Retired, But Were Strong Candidates {{!}} The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel {{!}} weather.com|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2021-03-19-atlantic-names-not-retired-2019-2020|access-date=2021-03-21|website=The Weather Channel|language=en-US}}</ref>

|-
|2019
|[[Earthquake]]
|1 killed, 25 injured
|$5.3 billion
|[[2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes]]
|[[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Arizona]]
| Three earthquakes struck California between July 4 and July 5. The main earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude, as two others were 5.4 and 6.4 magnitudes. At least one was killed and several others were injured. The main earthquake was the strongest earthquake to hit the region in [[1999 Hector Mine earthquake|20 years]].<ref name="wapo">{{cite report|work=Washington Post|date=July 6, 2019|access-date=July 8, 2021|title=California had its largest earthquake in years — then an even bigger one hit|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/06/california-earthquake/}}</ref>

|-
|2019
|[[Hurricane]]
|84 killed, 245 missing
|$5.1 billion
|[[Hurricane Dorian]]
|[[Lesser Antilles]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[The Bahamas]] (especially the [[Abaco Islands]] and [[Grand Bahama]]), [[Eastern United States]] (especially [[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]], and [[North Carolina]]), [[Eastern Canada]]
| The costliest tropical cyclone recorded in the Bahamas. The storm stalled over [[Grand Bahama]] for a day.<ref name="TCR">{{cite report|author=Lixion Avila, Stacy Stewart, Robbie Berg, and Andrew Hagen|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=April 20, 2020|access-date=April 29, 2020|title=Hurricane Dorian (AL052019)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL052019_Dorian.pdf}}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Wildfire]]
|97
|≥$26.347 billion
|[[2018 California wildfires]]
|California
| The deadliest and most destructive wildfire season on record in California.<ref name="25.4 billion">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-28/california-fire-damages-already-at-25-4-billion-and-counting|title=California Fire Damage Estimated at $25.4 Billion|author1=Nic Querolo|author2=Brian K. Sullivan|publisher=Bloomberg|date=October 29, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name="LATimes Costliest">{{Cite news |last=Reyes-Velarde |first=Alejandra |date=January 11, 2019 |title=California's Camp fire was the costliest global disaster last year, insurance report shows |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-camp-fire-insured-losses-20190111-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Woolsey Fire cost">{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/california/malibu/6-billion-real-estate-destroyed-woolsey-fire-report|title=$6 Billion In Real Estate Destroyed In Woolsey Fire: Report|author=Emily Holland|website=patch.com|publisher=Patch Media|date=November 28, 2018|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref><ref name="2018 LargeIncidentReport">{{cite web|url=https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|title=2018 National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report|publisher=[[National Interagency Fire Center]]|date=November 9, 2018|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214408/hhttps://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|archive-date=July 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="suppression costs climb">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/10/more-companies-are-flagging-wildfire-risk-as-suppression-costs-climb.html#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20costs%20center,allotted%20in%20the%20state's%20budget.|title=A rising number of US companies are flagging wildfire risk as suppression costs climb|author=J. R. Reed|publisher=CNBC|date=November 12, 2019|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Wildfire]]
|85
|$16.5 billion
|[[Camp Fire (2018)|Camp Fire]]
|California
|The worst fire in California history destroyed more than 18,000 structures in [[Northern California]]. It was fueled by large dry [[List of national forests of the United States|national forests]] and was started by electrical transmission lines.

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|74
|$25.5 billion
|[[Hurricane Michael]]
|[[Central America]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[Southeastern United States]] (especially the [[Florida Panhandle]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]), [[Eastern United States]], [[Eastern Canada]], [[Iberian Peninsula]]
| The third-most intense landfalling tropical cyclone recorded in the United States.<ref name="Michael TCR">{{cite report |last1=Beven |first1=John |last2=Berg |first2=Robbie |last3=Hagen |first3=Andrew |title=Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Michael |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf |publisher=National Hurricane Center |access-date=17 August 2020 |date=17 May 2019 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729102708/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|54
|$24.23 billion
|[[Hurricane Florence]]
|[[West Africa]], [[Cape Verde]], [[Bermuda]], [[East Coast of the United States]] (especially the [[Carolinas]]), [[Atlantic Canada]]
| Wettest tropical cyclone recorded in the Carolinas.<ref name="Florence TCR">{{cite report|author=Stacy Stewart and Robbie Berg|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=May 30, 2019|access-date=September 18, 2019|title=Hurricane Florence (AL062018)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062018_Florence.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002160858/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062018_Florence.pdf|archive-date=October 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|1
|>$250 million
|[[Hurricane Lane]]
|[[Hawaii]]
| Wettest tropical cyclone recorded in Hawaii.<ref>{{cite report|publisher=AON Benfield|date=December 2018|access-date=March 28, 2020|title=Global Catastrophe Recap: December 2018|url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com/Documents/20190118-ab-if-december-global-recap.pdf|page=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201223723/http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20190118-ab-if-december-global-recap.pdf|archive-date=February 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Wildfire]]
|47
|≥$18 billion
|[[2017 California wildfires]]
|California
| The second-most destructive wildfire season on record in California (behind only [[2018 California wildfires|2018]]).<ref name="13.2 billion">{{cite web|url=http://www.artemis.bm/blog/2018/01/25/california-wildfire-industry-losses-put-at-13-2bn-by-aon-benfield/|title=California wildfire industry losses put at $13.2bn by Aon Benfield|publisher=Artemis.bm|date=January 25, 2018|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name="spent">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-wildfire-costs-20180301-story.html|title=California spent nearly $1.8 billion last year fighting major wildfires|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 1, 2018|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Wildfire]]
|0
|$15 million
|[[Goodwin Fire]]
|[[Arizona]]
|Started in the Bradshaw Mountains near [[Mayer, Arizona]]. The fire caused the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office and the Mayer Fire Department to close parts of [[State Route 69 (Arizona)|Highway 69]] between Mayer and [[Dewey-Humboldt]]. 100+ people had to be evacuated from Mayer and other close communities outside of Mayer also had to be evacuated such as [[Spring Valley, Arizona|Spring Valley]] and [[Cordes Lakes, Arizona|Cordes Lakes]]. The fire started on June 24, 2017 and it reached 100% containment on July 10.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goodwin Fire now 100% contained |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t63k9 |website=dailymotion.com |publisher=ABC15 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> 5 homes were destroyed and 2 others were damaged.<ref>{{cite web |title=One year anniversary of Goodwin Fire |url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/one-year-anniversary-of-goodwin-fire |website=fox10phoenix.com |publisher=FOX10 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Hurricane]]
|3,059
|$91.619 billion
|[[Hurricane Maria]]
|[[Florida]] and [[Puerto Rico]]
| Maria struck Puerto Rico as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to the US island due to extremely powerful winds and devastating floods. The hurricane also knocked out the entire power grid, triggering a near total island blackout. The lack of aid after the disaster caused a [[humanitarian crisis]], the worst in the US since [[Hurricane Katrina]], which lasted several months and had a dramatic effect on Puerto Rico's population.

|-
|2017
|[[Hurricane]]
|134
|$77.16 billion
|[[Hurricane Irma]]
|[[Florida]], [[South Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| Irma ravaged the northern [[Leeward Islands]] as an extremely powerful Category 5 hurricane before making landfall in the [[Florida Keys]] as a Category 4 hurricane, and in the mainland as a Category 3 hurricane. Irma caused widespread damage in Florida due to high winds and destructive floods. The Florida Keys were hit the hardest, with the vast majority of infrastructure there receiving some degree of damage, and at least 25% receiving major damage. Hurricane Irma also knocked out power to 73% of the state, or 7.7 million homes and businesses.

|-
|2017
|[[Hurricane]] and [[Flood]]
|107
|$125 billion
|[[Hurricane Harvey]]
|[[Texas]], [[Louisiana]], [[Alabama]]
| Harvey made landfall in Southwestern Texas as a Category 4 hurricane. Most of the damage from Harvey occurred after it had weakened, due to extreme prolonged rains dropping several feet of water that triggered unprecedented floods in a large swath of Southeastern Texas, with the worst of the flooding occurring in [[Houston]].

|-
|2017
|[[Winter storm]] and [[flood]]
|5
|$1.55 billion
|[[2017 California floods]]
|California
| Caused by a series of storms that led to California's wettest rainy season on record, in modern history.<ref name="2017 could tie records">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/10/18/2017-could-tie-record-billion-dollar-disasters-year-heres-why/763406001/|title=2017 could tie record for billion-dollar disasters in a year. Here's why.|author1=Doyle Rice|author2=Jim Sergent|author3=George Petras|author4=Janet Loehrke|publisher=USA Today Weather|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref><ref name="billion-dollar disasters">{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2017-10-20-billion-dollar-weather-disasters-united-states-record-tied|title=16 Billion-Dollar Disasters Have Impacted the U.S. This Year, Tying an All-Time Record, Thanks to the California Wildfires|author=Linda Lam|publisher=The Weather Company, LLC|date=October 31, 2017|access-date=November 4, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Big Sur landslide">{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/science/environment/news/2019-02-19-big-sur-catastrophic-landslide-drought-deluge|title=California's Big Sur's $54 Million 'Catastrophic Landslide' a Result of Drought Followed by Deluge, Scientists Say|publisher=The Weather Company|date=February 19, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Flood]]
|10
|
|[[2017 Payson flash floods]]
|[[Arizona]]
|One of the deadliest floods to ever hit [[Gila County, Arizona]]

|-
|2016
|[[Wildfire]]
|14
|$990 million
|[[2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires]]
|[[Tennessee]]
| Destroyed nearly 2,000 structures; burned nearly 18,000 acres.

|-
|2016
|[[Hurricane]]
|49
|$15.090 billion
|[[Hurricane Matthew]]
|[[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[The Carolinas]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Flood]]
|13
|
|[[2016 Louisiana floods]]
|[[Louisiana]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Flood]]
|23
|
|[[2016 West Virginia flood]]
|[[West Virginia]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Blizzard]]
|55
|≥$500 million – $3 billion
|[[January 2016 United States blizzard]]
|Southeast through the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast
|Snowfall totals in excess of two feet (61 cm)

|-
|2015
|[[Flood]]
|25
|$2 billion
|[[October 2015 North American storm complex]]
|Carolinas
| Channeled moisture from [[Hurricane Joaquin]] into the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic states]]. Caused the worst flooding recorded in the Carolinas prior to [[Hurricane Florence]] in 2018.<ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
| 2015
| [[Flood]]
| 20
|
| [[2015 Utah floods]]
| [[Utah]]
|
|-
| 2015
| [[Wildfire]]
| 3
| $8 billion
| [[Okanogan Complex fire]]
| [[Okanogan County, Washington]]
| Damage figure includes costs involved in the fighting of the fire.

|-
| 2015
| [[Flood]]
| 46
|
| [[2015 Texas–Oklahoma floods]]
| Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Snow storm]]
| 24
|
| [[November 17–21, 2014 North American winter storm|November 2014 North American winter storm]]
| [[Buffalo, New York]], Great Lakes region
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Tornado]]
| 35
| $1 billion
| [[Tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014|April 2014 tornado outbreak]]
| [[Nebraska]], [[Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Illinois]], [[Florida]], [[North Carolina]]
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Mudflow]]
| 43
|
| [[2014 Oso mudslide]]
| [[Oso, Washington]]
|
|-
| 2013 / 2014
| [[Cold wave]]
| 21
|
| [[Early 2014 North American cold wave]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Wildfire]]
| 19
|
| [[Yarnell Hill Fire]]
| [[Yarnell, Arizona]]
|
|-
|2013
|[[Flood]]
|8
|$1.9 billion
|[[2013 Colorado floods]]
|[[Colorado]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Tornado]]
| 24
| $2 billion
| [[2013 Moore tornado]]
| [[Moore, Oklahoma]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Blizzard]]
| 18
|
| [[February 2013 nor'easter]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
|2012
|[[Wildfire]]
|6
|
|[[2012 Colorado wildfires]]
|[[Colorado]]

|
|-
| 2012
| [[Hurricane]]
| 147
| $75 billion
| [[Hurricane Sandy]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
| 2011
| [[Tornado]]
| 158
| $2.8 billion (2011 USD)
| [[2011 Joplin tornado]]
| [[Joplin, Missouri]]
| part of the [[tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011]]

|-
| 2011
| [[Hurricane]]
| 58
| $14.2 billion (2011 USD)
| [[Hurricane Irene]]
| [[North Carolina]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Vermont]], [[Florida]], [[East Coast of the United States]]
|
|-
| 2011
| [[Tornado]]
| 346
| $11 billion (2011 USD)
| [[2011 Super Outbreak]]
| [[Alabama]], [[Tennessee]], [[Mississippi]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Arkansas]] and [[Virginia]]
| 336 tornadoes

|-
| 2011
| [[Flood]]
| 20
| $2–4 billion<ref>{{cite web|last=Masters|first=Jeffrey|title=Mississippi River flood of 2011 already a $2 billion disaster|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1800|work=Weather Underground|publisher=Jeff Masters' WunderBlog|access-date=May 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Gary|title=Mississippi flood damages could reach billions|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-news/2011/05/11/mississippi-flood-damages-could-reach-billions/|access-date=May 12, 2011|newspaper=Tucson Citizen|date=May 11, 2011|author2=Marisol Bello}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| [[2011 Mississippi River floods]]
| [[Mississippi River Valley]]

|-
| 2010
| [[Blizzard]]
| 13
| $150 million
| [[February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard]]
| 16 states in Eastern US
|
|-
| 2010
| [[Flood]]
| 20
|
| [[June 2010 Arkansas floods]]
| near [[Langley, Arkansas]]
| [[Albert Pike Recreational Area]]
|-
| 2009
| [[Snow storm]]
| 7
| $2 billion
| [[December 2009 North American blizzard]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[New England]], [[Virginia]], [[North Carolina]], [[Atlantic Canada]]
| December 16–20, 2009
|-
| 2009
| [[Tsunami]]
| 31
|
| [[2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami]]
| [[American Samoa]] and nearby islands
| 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 Gustav (2008)|Hurricane Gustav]]
| [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]], [[Texas]], [[Arkansas]], [[Oklahoma]]
|
|-
| 2008
| [[Tornado]]
| 59
| $1.2 billion
| [[2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak]]
| [[Tennessee]], [[Arkansas]], [[Kentucky]], [[Alabama]], and [[Illinois]]
|
|-
| 2007
| [[Wildfire]]
| 14
| ≥$2.393 billion
| [[October 2007 California wildfires]]
| California
| Large fires burned out of control across southern California, fueled by unusually strong [[Santa Ana winds]]; worst around [[San Diego]]; caused evacuation of over one million people. Most fires accidental; some suspected arson.<ref name="losses">{{cite web|url=http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|title=California Wildfire: How Large Can The Losses Be?|author1=Dr. Tomas Girnius|author2=Tyler Hauteniemi|author3=Scott Stransky|publisher=AIRCurrents|date=August 2008|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031708/http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="2007 San Diego firestorms AAR">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/oes/docs/2007_SanDiego_Fire_AAR_Main_Document_FINAL.pdf|title=2007 San Diego County Firestorms After Action Report|author=Walker F. Ekard|publisher=County of San Diego|date=February 2008|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="2007 fire siege">{{cite web |url=http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/siege/2007/Overview_CompleteFinal.pdf |date=8 January 2009|title=California Fire Siege 2007: An Overview |access-date=21 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119041829/http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/siege/2007/Overview_CompleteFinal.pdf|archive-date=19 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-
| 2006
| [[Wildfires]]
| 9
| $226.6 million (2006 USD)
| [[2006 California wildfires]]
| [[Southern California]]
|
|-
| 2006
| [[Snow storm]]
| 19
| $530 million (2006 USD)
| [[Lake Storm "Aphid"]]
| [[Buffalo, New York]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 30
| $21 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Wilma]]
| [[Florida]], [[East Coast of the United States]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 1,836
| $125 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Katrina]]
| Florida, [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 120
| $10 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Rita]]
| [[Louisiana]], [[Texas]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 15
| $2.5 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Dennis (2005)|Hurricane Dennis]]
| [[Florida]], Southeastern U.S
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Tornado]]
| 25
| $92 million
| [[Evansville Tornado of November 2005]]
| [[Missouri]], [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], [[Ohio]]
| 7 tornadoes
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 124
| $19 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Ivan]]
| Texas, Florida, East Coast
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 5
| $7.5 billion
| [[Hurricane Jeanne]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 49
| $9 billion
| [[Hurricane Frances]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 10
| $15 billion
| [[Hurricane Charley]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2003
| [[Hurricane]]
| 51
| $3.6 billion
| [[Hurricane Isabel]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Virginia]], [[Maryland]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|
|-
| 2003
| [[Wildfire]]
| 15
| $1.331 billion
| [[Cedar Fire]]
| California
| The largest and most destructive wildfire recorded in the modern history of [[San Diego County, California|San Diego County]].<ref name="losses">{{cite web|url=http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|title=California Wildfire: How Large Can The Losses Be?|author1=Dr. Tomas Girnius|author2=Tyler Hauteniemi|author3=Scott Stransky|publisher=AIRCurrents|date=August 2008|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031708/http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=memorial>{{cite web|title=Cedar Fire Memorial |url=http://www.lakesidehistory.org/CedarFire/cedar_fire_memorial.htm |website=www.lakesidehistory.org |access-date=5 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623225606/http://www.lakesidehistory.org/CedarFire/cedar_fire_memorial.htm |archive-date=23 June 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| [[Hurricane]]
| 41
| $5.5 billion
| [[Tropical Storm Allison]]
| Texas, [[Louisiana]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Hurricane]]
| 85
| $6.5 billion
| [[Hurricane Floyd]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Atlantic Canada]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Heat wave]]
| 271
|
|
| [[Midwest]] and [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Tornado]]
| 48
| $1.5 billion (2005 USD)
| [[1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak]]
| [[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], Texas, [[Tennessee]]
| 74 tornadoes
|-
| 1998 / 1999
| [[Landslide]]
| 0
| $70 million
| [[Aldercrest-Banyon landslide]]
| [[Kelso, Washington]]
|
|-
| 1998
| [[Blizzard]]
| 30
| $5 million
| [[North American ice storm of 1998]]
| Canada and Northeast
|
|-
| 1997
| [[Flood]]
| 0
| $2 billion
| [[1997 Red River flood]]
| [[North Dakota]], [[Minnesota]], Southern [[Manitoba]]
|
|-
| 1996
| [[Flood]]
| 8
| $500 million
| [[Willamette Valley flood of 1996]]
| [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[Oregon]], [[Idaho]], California
|
|-
| 1995
| [[Heat wave]]
| 739
|
| [[Chicago heat wave of 1995]]
| Chicago, Illinois
|
|-
| 1995
| [[Flood]]
| 6
| $1.36 billion
| [[May 8, 1995 Louisiana flood]]
| [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], area
|
|-
| 1994
| [[Earthquake]]
| 57
| $23 billion
| [[Northridge earthquake]]
| [[Greater Los Angeles area]]
|
|-
| 1993
| [[Blizzard]]
| 79–300
| $6.6 billion
| [[1993 Storm of the Century|Storm of the Century]]
| East Coast of North and Central America
|
|-
| 1993
| [[Flood]]
| 50
| $15 billion
| [[Great Flood of 1993]]
| [[Midwest]]
|
|-
| 1992
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6
| $3.1 billion
| [[Hurricane Iniki]]
| Hawaii
|
|-
| 1992
| [[Hurricane]]
| 26
| $25 billion
| [[Hurricane Andrew]]
| Florida and [[Louisiana]]
|
|-
| 1991
| [[Wildfire]]
| 25
| $1.5 billion
| [[Oakland Hills fire]]
| [[San Francisco Bay Area]], California
|
|-
| 1990
| [[Tornado]]
| 29
| $160 million
| [[1990 Plainfield tornado]]
| [[Plainfield, Illinois]] [[Crest Hill, Illinois]]
|
|-
| 1989
| [[Earthquake]]
| 69
| $6 billion
| [[Loma Prieta earthquake]]
| [[San Francisco Bay Area]], California
|
|-
| 1989
| [[Hurricane]]
| 49
| $7 billion (1989 USD)
| [[Hurricane Hugo]]
| [[Caribbean]] and Eastern North America.
| Damage figure for U.S. only. At least 111 total deaths, with 37 in the continental U.S. and 12 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico.
|-
| 1988
| [[Heat wave]] and [[Drought]]
| 5,000 – 10,000
| $120 billion (2014 USD)
| [[1988-89 North American drought]]
| Widespread; 45% of the nation affected
| Costliest [[natural disaster]] in the [[United States]] prior to [[Hurricane Katrina]].
|-
| 1988
| [[Wildfire]]
| 2
| $240 million
| [[Yellowstone fires of 1988]]
| [[Yellowstone National Park]], Wyoming
| 793,880 acres (36% of the park) was burned in the fires started by lightning.
|-
| 1985
| [[Hurricane]]
| 9
| $1.3 billion
| [[Hurricane Elena]]
| Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
|
|-
| 1985
| [[Hurricane]]
| 14
| $900 million
| [[Hurricane Gloria]]
| New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, New England
|
|-
| 1983
| [[Hurricane]]
| 21
| $3 billion
| [[Hurricane Alicia]]
| Texas
|
|-
| 1980
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6
| $630 million (1980 USD)
| [[Hurricane Allen]]
| South Texas
|
|-
| 1980
| [[Heat wave]]
| 1,700
| $20 billion
| [[1980 United States heat wave]]
| Central and southern states
| Official death toll, may have been higher; damage figure not adjusted for inflation.
|-
| 1980
| [[Volcano]]
| 57
| $1.1 billion
| [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens]]
| [[Washington (state)|Washington state]]
| Damage figure not adjusted for inflation; figure in 2015 dollars is 2,890.
|-
| 1977
| [[Blizzard]]
| 23
| $56.25 billion (1977 USD)
| [[Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977]]
| New York and [[Ontario]] (esp. [[Buffalo, New York]])
|
|-
| 1976
| [[Flood]]
| 145
|
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Big Thompson Canyon flood in Colorado (July 1976)|Big Thompson Canyon Flood of 1976]]
| [[Colorado]]
|
|-
| 1974
| [[Tornado]]
| 315
|
| [[1974 Super Outbreak]]
| [[Ontario]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Michigan]], [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[North Carolina]], [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]] and New York
| 148 tornadoes
|-
| 1972
| [[Flood]]
| 238
| $160 million (1972 USD); $664 million (2002 USD)
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Rapid City, South Dakota Flood – June 1972|1972 Rapid City Flood]]
| [[Rapid City, South Dakota]]
| Average rainfall over area of 60 mi2 measured at 10-{{convert|15|in|mm}}, over 6 hours in middle of night June 9–10, 1972.
|-
| 1971
| [[Earthquake]]
| 65
| $500 million
| [[Sylmar earthquake]]
| [[Greater Los Angeles area]]
|
|-
| 1970
| [[Tornado]]
| 26
| $1.412 billion (2008 USD)
| [[Lubbock Tornado]]
| [[Lubbock, Texas]]
| F5 tornado killed 26 and wounded approximately 500
|-
| 1969
| [[Hurricane]]
| 256
| $1.42 billion
| [[Hurricane Camille]]
| [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]] and [[Virginia]]
|
|-
| 1965
| [[Tornado]]
| 271
|
| [[1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak|Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak]]
| [[Iowa]], [[Ohio]], [[Michigan]], [[Indiana]]
| 78 tornadoes
|-
| 1964
| [[Tsunami]] and [[Earthquake]]
| 115
| $1.8 billion (2006 USD)
| [[Good Friday earthquake]]
| [[Alaska]], Hawaii, [[Oregon]], California, British Columbia
|
|-
| 1960
| [[Tsunami]]
| 61
| $500 million (2005 USD)
| [[Great Chilean earthquake]]
| Hawaii, [[Alaska]]
| 2,290 to 6,600 killed and $3,500 M (2005) in damage worldwide. 61 killed in [[Hilo, Hawaii]]. $500 M in U.S. property damage
|-
| 1957
| [[Tornado]]
| 10
| $26 million
| [[1957 Fargo tornado]]
| [[Fargo, ND]]
|
|-
| 1953
| [[Tornado]]
| 114
|
|
| [[Waco, TX]]
|
|-
| 1951
| [[Flood]]
| 28
| $935 million ($9.21 billion in 2019)
| [[Great Flood of 1951]]
| [[Kansas]] and [[Missouri]]
|
|-
| 1950
| [[Blizzard]]
| 353
| $67 million (1950 USD)
| [[Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950]]
| Eastern US States
|
|-
| 1946
| [[Tsunami]] and [[Earthquake]]
| 165
|
| [[Aleutian Island earthquake]]
| [[Alaska]] and [[Hawaii]]
|
|-
| 1940
| [[Blizzard]]
| 154
| $2 million
| [[Armistice Day Blizzard]]
| North and Central Midwest
| Damage total not adjusted for inflation.
|-
| 1938
| [[Hurricane]]
| 600
|
| [[Great New England Hurricane]]
|
|
|-
| 1938
| [[Flood]]
| 115
|
| [[Los Angeles Flood of 1938]]
| Los Angeles
|
|-
| 1937
| [[Flood]]
| 385
| $500 thousand
| [[Ohio River flood of 1937]]
| [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Indiana]], [[Illinois]]
|
|-
| 1936
| [[Flood]]
| 69
| $250 million ($4.66 billion in 2020)
| [[Pittsburgh Flood 1936]]
| [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], area
|
|-
| 1935
| [[Hurricane]]
| 423
|
| [[Labor Day Hurricane of 1935]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 1931 to 1939
| [[Drought]]
| Unknown
| $1 million (2017 USD)
| [[Dust Bowl]]
| [[Great Plains]]
| Compounded by unsustainable agricultural techniques
|-
| 1928
| [[Hurricane]]
| 3,000
| $800 million (2005 USD)
| [[1928 Okeechobee Hurricane]]
| [[Leeward Islands]], [[Puerto Rico]], the [[Bahamas]], and Florida
| 4,078+ believed dead total. About 2,500 died in Florida and 500 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico.
|-
| 1927
| [[Flood]]
| 246
| $400 million
| [[Great Mississippi Flood of 1927]]
| [[Arkansas]], [[Illinois]], [[Kentucky]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Tennessee]]
|
|-
| 1926
| [[Tornado]]
| 16
|
| [[La Plata, Maryland#Tornado history|La Plata Tornado of 1926]]
| [[La Plata, Maryland]]
| 13 killed in La Plata Elementary School
|-
| 1925
| [[Tornado]]
| 695–727
| $16.5 million; $1.4 billion (1997 USD)
| [[Tri-State Tornado]]
| [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]] and [[Indiana]] ([[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]])
| Lower number for single 3-state tornado; higher for 5-state outbreak
|-
| 1919
| [[Hurricane]]
| 600
|
| [[1919 Florida Keys Hurricane]]
| Florida, Texas
|
|-
| 1918
| [[Wildfire]]
| 453
| $73 million ($1.145 billion in 2015)
| [[1918 Cloquet fire]]
| [[Minnesota]]
| Largest disaster in Minnesota history
|-
| 1913
| [[Flood]]
| 428
|
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Great Flood – March 1913|1913 (Ohio) Statewide Flood]]
| Southwest, Central, and Eastern [[Ohio]]
|
|-
| 1913
| [[Flood]]
| 361
|
| [[Great Dayton Flood]]
| [[Dayton, Ohio]]
| Flood was created by a series of three winter storms that hit the region in March, 1913
|-
| 1913
| [[Blizzard]]
| 250
|
| [[Great Lakes Storm of 1913]]
|
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1913
| Storm
| 250
| $5 million (1913 USD)
| [[Great Lakes Storm of 1913]]
| [[Great Lakes]] area
| Financial impact for lost vessels and cargo only
|-
| 1910
| [[Avalanche]]
| 96
|
| [[Wellington avalanche]]
| [[Wellington, Washington]]
|
|-
| 1906
| [[Earthquake]] and fire (urban conflagration)
| 3,000 – 6,000
|
| [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]]
| [[California]]
| Conflagration followed quake; fatalities estimated
|-
| 1900
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6,000 – 12,000
| $35.4 million; 1.097 billion (2020 USD)
| [[Galveston Hurricane of 1900]]
| [[Texas]]
| Fatalities estimated – remains deadliest natural disaster in North American history.
|-
| 1896
| [[Tornado]]
| 255–400
| $10 million ($307 million in 2019)
| [[St. Louis-East St. Louis tornado]]
| [[Missouri]]
|
|-
| 1894
| [[Wildfire]]
| 418
| $73 million
| [[Great Hinckley Fire]]
| [[Minnesota]]
| Actual death toll likely higher than official death toll of 418.
|-
| 1893
| [[Hurricane]]
| 2,000
|
| [[1893 Cheniere Caminada Hurricane]]
| [[Louisiana]]
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1893
| [[Hurricane]]
| 1,000 – 2,000
|
| [[1893 Sea Islands Hurricane]]
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]]
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1889
| [[Flood]]
| 2,209
| $17 million ($425 million in 2012)
| [[Johnstown Flood]]
| [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]]
| A dam failure caused 20 million tons of water to be unleashed, devastating Johnstown, PA and the surrounding area.
|-
| 1888
| [[Blizzard]]
| ca. 600
|
| [[Great Blizzard of 1888]]
| Northeast
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1888
| [[Cold wave]]
| Unknown
|
| [[1888 Northwest Cold Wave]]
| Northwest
|
|-
| 1871
| [[Wildfire]]
| 1,500 – 2,500
|
| [[Peshtigo fire]]
| [[Wisconsin]]
| Deadliest [[firestorm]] in United States history

|-
| 1862
| [[Flood]]
| >5,000
| $100 million (1862 USD); $262.2 billion (2020 USD)
| [[Great Flood of 1862]]
| [[California]], [[Oregon]], [[Utah]], and the territories that now make up [[Arizona]] and [[Nevada]]
| An [[atmospheric river]] led to 43 continuous days of rain, lasting from December 1861 until January 1862. When it was over, much of California's [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]] was covered with [[inland sea]]s that remained for months; the state's government had to move to [[San Francisco]] as [[Sacramento]] was under 10 feet of water. California nearly went bankrupt due to the costs of the damages and the loss of tax revenues from so many farms and mines; it is considered to be the worst disaster in the state's history.<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/calbk:@field(DOCID+@lit(calbk142div21)): William H. Brewer, '''Up and down California in 1860-1864''', New Haven, Yale University Press, 1930, p. 243]</ref>
|-
| 1816
| [[Famine]] (caused by [[volcano]])
| Unknown
|
| [[Year Without a Summer]]
|
| Volcanic dust from a massive eruption by [[Mount Tambora]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] (present [[Indonesia]]) in 1815 led to an abnormally cold summer in 1816 in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Cold weather inhibited crops, and [[frost]]s and [[snowstorm]]s killed what did grow, leading to a localized [[famine]].
|}

==See also==
* [[List of disasters in the United States by death toll]]
* [[List of wildfires in the United States]]
* [[:Category:Lists of tropical cyclones in the United States]]

== References ==
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This '''list of United States natural disasters''' is a list of notable [[natural disaster]]s that occurred in the [[United States]] after 1816. Due to inflation, the monetary damage estimates are not comparable. Unless otherwise noted, the year given is the year in which the currency's valuation was calculated. References can be found in the associated articles noted.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Year
!Disaster
!data-sort-type=number|Death toll
!Damage cost [[United States dollar|US$]]
!Main article
!Location
!Notes

|-
|2021
|[[Wildfire]]
|22
|$2.3 million
|[[2021 Kansas wildfire outbreak]]
|[[Kansas]]
|On December 17, 2021, a wildfire siege began in Western and Central Kansas due to blustering winds and drought. More than 10 wildfires were reported with an estimated burned area of more than 163,000+ acres. The wildfire outbreak resulted in the deaths of two individuals and the injuries of 3 others. More than 42 structures were destroyed during the outbreak, mainly in the cities of [[Paradise, Kansas|Paradise]] and [[Waldo, Kansas|Waldo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2 dead in Kansas wildfires fueled by windy, dry weather |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dead-kansas-wildfires-fueled-windy-dry-weather-81823498 |website=[[ABC News]] |publisher=Margaret Stafford |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kansas community previously devastated by fires helps out those currently struggling |url=https://www.ksn.com/news/local/the-community-previously-devastated-by-fires-helps-out-those-currently-struggling/ |website=[[KSNW]] |publisher=Jessica Watson |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|[[Tornado]]
|90
|
|[[Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021]]
|[[Kentucky]], [[Illinois]], [[Tennessee]], [[Missouri]], [[Arkansas]]
|A rare late-season tornado outbreak devastated states across the mid-south midwest, causing widespread damage and fatalities. [[Kentucky]] was particularly hard hit, with 75 fatalities occurring in the state. There were also 3 non-tornadic fatalities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59623970|title=Kentucky tornadoes: Desperate search for survivors as death toll rises|website=BBC|access-date=December 12, 2021|date=December 12, 2021|archive-date=December 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211230325/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59623970|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Jamie McGee |author2=Laura Faith Kebede |author3=Campbell Robertson |title=Tornadoes Tear Through South and Midwest, With at Least 70 Dead in Kentucky |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/kentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html#aoh=16393087793200&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F12%2F11%2Fus%2Fkentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html |access-date=13 December 2021 |agency=[[The New York Times]] |date=11 December 2021 |location=Mayfield, Kentucky |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212124603/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/kentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html#aoh=16393087793200&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F12%2F11%2Fus%2Fkentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-
|2021
|[[Hurricane]]
|115
|$65.25 billion
|[[Hurricane Ida]]
|[[United States]] (especially in [[Louisiana]], [[New Jersey]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Northeastern United States]]), [[Cuba]], [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], [[Jamaica]]
|After causing widespread destruction along the Gulf Coast, (specifically [[Louisiana]]), Ida moved north, spawned a [[Hurricane Ida tornado outbreak|destructive tornado outbreak]], and caused massive flooding in many Northeastern states such as [[New York State|New York]], [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]]. Ida is now the [[List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes|sixth-costliest]] tropical cyclone on record.<ref name="AON September 2021">{{cite report|url=http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/Documents/20210012-analytics-if-september-global-recap.pdf|title=Global Catastrophe Recap September 2021|date=October 12, 2021|publisher=[[Aon (company)|Aon Benfield]]|pages=11, 13|access-date=October 12, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
|2021
|[[Winter storm]]
|237
| ≥ $196.5 billion<ref name="Uri AAR">{{cite report|url=https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/HSEM/2021-Winter-Storm-Uri-AAR-Findings-Report.pdf|title=2021 Winter Storm Uri After-Action Review: Findings Report|author=|publisher=City of Austin & Travis County|date=November 4, 2021|accessdate=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105210936/https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/HSEM/2021-Winter-Storm-Uri-AAR-Findings-Report.pdf|archive-date=November 5, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AON September 2021" />
|[[February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm]]
|[[United States]] (especially in [[Texas]], northern [[Mexico]])
|While the storm was widespread across the U.S., [[Mexico]], and parts of [[Canada]], the worst was in Texas, causing the [[2021 Texas power crisis]], as the energy infrastructure was unprepared for the freezing temperatures. 237 deaths ({{as of|2021|07|14|df=US|lc=y}}), including 223 in the United States and 14 in Mexico.<ref name="goes up to 210">{{cite news|url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2021/07/14/403191/texas-winter-storm-death-toll-goes-up-to-210-including-43-deaths-in-harris-county/|title=Texas Winter Storm Death Toll Goes Up To 210, Including 43 Deaths In Harris County|author=Andrew Weber|work=Houston Public Media|date=July 14, 2021|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Uri weather.com">{{Cite web|title=Houston Faces Dire Water Issues as Power Outages, Cold Push Texans To Their Limits|url=https://weather.com/news/news/2021-02-17-texas-water-power-outages-snow-ice-weather-south|website=weather.com|language=en-US|author=Jan Wesner Childs|publisher=[[The Weather Company]]|date=February 18, 2021|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="man killed">{{Cite web|author=|date=February 15, 2021|title=Man killed in crash involving semi-truck in northern Oklahoma|url=https://www.koco.com/article/person-killed-in-crash-involving-semi-truck-in-northern-oklahoma/35502828|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=KOCO News|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Mexico deaths">{{cite news|title=20 deaths blamed on cold weather in north as another front moves in|url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/20-deaths-blamed-on-cold-weather-in-north-as-another-front-moves-in/|website=Mexico News Daily|date=February 19, 2021|access-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Wildfire]]
|47
|≥$19.884 billion
|[[2020 Western United States wildfire season]]
|[[Western United States]]
| One of the most destructive wildfire seasons recorded in the Western United States.<ref name="NOAA billions">{{cite web|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/events|title=Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Table of Events|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]|date=December 2020|access-date=March 26, 2021}}</ref><ref name="2020 Large Incident Report">{{cite report|title=2020 National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report|work=Geographic Area Coordination Center|url=https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|publisher=[[National Interagency Fire Center]]|date=December 21, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229021815/https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|archive-date=December 29, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Wildfire]]
|31
|≥$12.079 billion
|[[2020 California wildfires]]
|[[California]]
| The largest and the third-most destructive wildfire season on record in California.<ref name="2020 California fire season damage">{{cite web|url=https://abc7news.com/california-wildfires-cost-of-cal-fire-stanford-wildfire-research/6897462/|title=Damage from California's wildfires estimated at $10 billion, experts say|website=abc7news.com|author=David Louie|publisher=ABC, Inc.|date=October 9, 2020|access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref><ref name="2020 Large Incident Report" />

|-
|2020
|[[Derecho]]
|4
|$11 billion
|[[August 2020 Midwest derecho]]
|[[Midwestern United States]]
|The severe derecho affected the states of [[Iowa]], [[Illinois]], [[Nebraska]], [[Indiana]], and [[Wisconsin]]. The derecho caused high winds and spawned an outbreak of a couple tornadoes. The derecho also caused the state of Iowa to lose approximately 550,000 acres of corn harvest. The highest winds recorded from the derecho was about 140 mph in [[Cedar Rapids]], Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Midwest Derecho - August 10, 2020, Updated: 10/8/20 12 pm |url=https://www.weather.gov/dvn/summary_081020 |website=weather.gov |publisher=National Weather Servic & NOAA |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|≥211 killed, 120 missing
|$7.9 billion
|[[Hurricane Eta]]
|[[Colombia]], [[Jamaica]], [[Central America]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[The Bahamas]], [[Southeastern United States]]
| Long-lived tropical cyclone that made four landfalls. Caused significant amounts of destruction, especially in Central America.<ref name="AonNovember">{{cite web |title=Global Catastrophe Recap November 2020 |url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201210_analytics-if-november-global-recap.pdf |publisher=[[Aon (company)|Aon]] |date=December 10, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|8
|$3.6 billion
|[[Hurricane Zeta]]
|[[Cayman Islands]], [[Jamaica]], [[Central America]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic]], [[New England]], [[Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Aon Benfield October 2020">{{cite web|title=Global Catastrophe Recap – October 2020|url=http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/documents/20201111_analytics-if-october-global-recap.pdf|work=[[Aon (company)|Aon Benfield]]|date=November 11, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021|pages=4}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|6
|$3.086 billion
|[[Hurricane Delta]]
|[[Jamaica]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Northeastern United States]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Aon Benfield October 2020" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|8
|$7.3 billion
|[[Hurricane Sally]]
|[[The Bahamas]], [[Cuba]], [[U.S. Gulf Coast]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Norway]]
| Sally did not have its name retired, making it the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the North Atlantic that did not have its name retired.<ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="no longer">{{cite web|url=https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/03/wmo-atlantic-hurricanes-no-longer-to-receive-names-from-greek-alphabet/|title=WMO: Atlantic hurricanes no longer to receive names from Greek alphabet|author=Jeff Masters|publisher=Yale Climate Connections|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021}}</ref><ref name="strong candidates">{{Cite web|title=These 2019 and 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Names Were Not Retired, But Were Strong Candidates {{!}} The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel {{!}} weather.com|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2021-03-19-atlantic-names-not-retired-2019-2020|access-date=2021-03-21|website=The Weather Channel|language=en-US}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|77
|$19.1 billion
|[[Hurricane Laura]]
|[[Lesser Antilles]], [[Greater Antilles]], [[The Bahamas]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Midwestern United States]], [[Eastern United States]]
| Tied with the [[1856 Last Island hurricane]] as the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the state of [[Louisiana]], in terms of [[maximum sustained winds]].<ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="AonNovember" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|18
|$4.725 billion
|[[Hurricane Isaias]]
|[[West Africa]], [[Lesser Antilles]], [[Greater Antilles]], [[The Bahamas]], [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Eastern Canada]]
| Caused the [[Hurricane Isaias tornado outbreak|worst tropical cyclone-spawned tornado outbreak]] since [[Hurricane Rita]] in 2005.<ref name="NCdeaths">{{cite news |title=At least 2 people dead, 3 missing after tornado touches down in Bertie County |url=https://abc11.com/nc-tornado-bertie-county-hurricane-isaias-tropical-storm/6352664/ |access-date=4 August 2020 |work=ABC11 Raleigh-Durham |date=4 August 2020 |language=en |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807080141/https://abc11.com/nc-tornado-bertie-county-hurricane-isaias-tropical-storm/6352664/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Global Catastrophe Report August 2020">{{cite web|url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201109_analytics-if-august-global-recap.pdf|title=Global Catastrophe Report 2020|author=AON|publisher=AON|date=September 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914230959/http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201109_analytics-if-august-global-recap.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Isaias did not have its name retired following the season, making Isaias the third-costliest Atlantic hurricane that didn't have its name retired.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-17|title=Greek alphabet retired for hurricane names; 'Isaias' still available|url=https://www.wpri.com/weather/hurricane-names-greek-alphabet-retired-isaias-not-retired/|access-date=2021-03-17|website=WPRI.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="no longer" /><ref name="strong candidates" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|9
|$1.2 billion
|[[Hurricane Hanna (2020)|Hurricane Hanna]]
|[[Cuba]], [[Hispaniola]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]] (mainly [[Texas]]), [[Mexico]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
|2019
|[[Tropical cyclone|Tropical storm]]
|7
|$5 billion
|[[Tropical Storm Imelda]]
|Texas, [[Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Arkansas]]
| The fifth-wettest tropical cyclone recorded in the [[Contiguous United States]].<ref name="Imelda TCR">{{cite report|last1=Latto |first1=Andy |last2=Berg |first2=Robbie |title=Tropical Storm Imelda |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL112019_Imelda.pdf |type=Tropical Cyclone Report |publisher=National Hurricane Center |access-date=February 1, 2021 |location=Miami, Florida |date=February 7, 2020}}</ref> Imelda's name was not retired, making it the second-costliest Atlantic tropical cyclone name on record to not be retired.<ref name="no longer" /><ref name="no retirement">{{cite web|url=https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2021/03/19/no-retirement-for-imelda/|title=No Retirement for "Imelda"|author1=Amanda Cochran|author2=Frank Billingsly|publisher=Click2Houston|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=These 2019 and 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Names Were Not Retired, But Were Strong Candidates {{!}} The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel {{!}} weather.com|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2021-03-19-atlantic-names-not-retired-2019-2020|access-date=2021-03-21|website=The Weather Channel|language=en-US}}</ref>

|-
|2019
|[[Earthquake]]
|1 killed, 25 injured
|$5.3 billion
|[[2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes]]
|[[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Arizona]]
| Three earthquakes struck California between July 4 and July 5. The main earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude, as two others were 5.4 and 6.4 magnitudes. At least one was killed and several others were injured. The main earthquake was the strongest earthquake to hit the region in [[1999 Hector Mine earthquake|20 years]].<ref name="wapo">{{cite report|work=Washington Post|date=July 6, 2019|access-date=July 8, 2021|title=California had its largest earthquake in years — then an even bigger one hit|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/06/california-earthquake/}}</ref>

|-
|2019
|[[Hurricane]]
|84 killed, 245 missing
|$5.1 billion
|[[Hurricane Dorian]]
|[[Lesser Antilles]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[The Bahamas]] (especially the [[Abaco Islands]] and [[Grand Bahama]]), [[Eastern United States]] (especially [[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]], and [[North Carolina]]), [[Eastern Canada]]
| The costliest tropical cyclone recorded in the Bahamas. The storm stalled over [[Grand Bahama]] for a day.<ref name="TCR">{{cite report|author=Lixion Avila, Stacy Stewart, Robbie Berg, and Andrew Hagen|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=April 20, 2020|access-date=April 29, 2020|title=Hurricane Dorian (AL052019)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL052019_Dorian.pdf}}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Wildfire]]
|97
|≥$26.347 billion
|[[2018 California wildfires]]
|California
| The deadliest and most destructive wildfire season on record in California.<ref name="25.4 billion">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-28/california-fire-damages-already-at-25-4-billion-and-counting|title=California Fire Damage Estimated at $25.4 Billion|author1=Nic Querolo|author2=Brian K. Sullivan|publisher=Bloomberg|date=October 29, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name="LATimes Costliest">{{Cite news |last=Reyes-Velarde |first=Alejandra |date=January 11, 2019 |title=California's Camp fire was the costliest global disaster last year, insurance report shows |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-camp-fire-insured-losses-20190111-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Woolsey Fire cost">{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/california/malibu/6-billion-real-estate-destroyed-woolsey-fire-report|title=$6 Billion In Real Estate Destroyed In Woolsey Fire: Report|author=Emily Holland|website=patch.com|publisher=Patch Media|date=November 28, 2018|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref><ref name="2018 LargeIncidentReport">{{cite web|url=https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|title=2018 National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report|publisher=[[National Interagency Fire Center]]|date=November 9, 2018|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214408/hhttps://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|archive-date=July 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="suppression costs climb">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/10/more-companies-are-flagging-wildfire-risk-as-suppression-costs-climb.html#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20costs%20center,allotted%20in%20the%20state's%20budget.|title=A rising number of US companies are flagging wildfire risk as suppression costs climb|author=J. R. Reed|publisher=CNBC|date=November 12, 2019|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Wildfire]]
|85
|$16.5 billion
|[[Camp Fire (2018)|Camp Fire]]
|California
|The worst fire in California history destroyed more than 18,000 structures in [[Northern California]]. It was fueled by large dry [[List of national forests of the United States|national forests]] and was started by electrical transmission lines.

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|74
|$25.5 billion
|[[Hurricane Michael]]
|[[Central America]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[Southeastern United States]] (especially the [[Florida Panhandle]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]), [[Eastern United States]], [[Eastern Canada]], [[Iberian Peninsula]]
| The third-most intense landfalling tropical cyclone recorded in the United States.<ref name="Michael TCR">{{cite report |last1=Beven |first1=John |last2=Berg |first2=Robbie |last3=Hagen |first3=Andrew |title=Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Michael |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf |publisher=National Hurricane Center |access-date=17 August 2020 |date=17 May 2019 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729102708/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|54
|$24.23 billion
|[[Hurricane Florence]]
|[[West Africa]], [[Cape Verde]], [[Bermuda]], [[East Coast of the United States]] (especially the [[Carolinas]]), [[Atlantic Canada]]
| Wettest tropical cyclone recorded in the Carolinas.<ref name="Florence TCR">{{cite report|author=Stacy Stewart and Robbie Berg|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=May 30, 2019|access-date=September 18, 2019|title=Hurricane Florence (AL062018)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062018_Florence.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002160858/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062018_Florence.pdf|archive-date=October 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|1
|>$250 million
|[[Hurricane Lane]]
|[[Hawaii]]
| Wettest tropical cyclone recorded in Hawaii.<ref>{{cite report|publisher=AON Benfield|date=December 2018|access-date=March 28, 2020|title=Global Catastrophe Recap: December 2018|url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com/Documents/20190118-ab-if-december-global-recap.pdf|page=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201223723/http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20190118-ab-if-december-global-recap.pdf|archive-date=February 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Wildfire]]
|47
|≥$18 billion
|[[2017 California wildfires]]
|California
| The second-most destructive wildfire season on record in California (behind only [[2018 California wildfires|2018]]).<ref name="13.2 billion">{{cite web|url=http://www.artemis.bm/blog/2018/01/25/california-wildfire-industry-losses-put-at-13-2bn-by-aon-benfield/|title=California wildfire industry losses put at $13.2bn by Aon Benfield|publisher=Artemis.bm|date=January 25, 2018|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name="spent">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-wildfire-costs-20180301-story.html|title=California spent nearly $1.8 billion last year fighting major wildfires|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 1, 2018|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Wildfire]]
|0
|$15 million
|[[Goodwin Fire]]
|[[Arizona]]
|Started in the Bradshaw Mountains near [[Mayer, Arizona]]. The fire caused the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office and the Mayer Fire Department to close parts of [[State Route 69 (Arizona)|Highway 69]] between Mayer and [[Dewey-Humboldt]]. 100+ people had to be evacuated from Mayer and other close communities outside of Mayer also had to be evacuated such as [[Spring Valley, Arizona|Spring Valley]] and [[Cordes Lakes, Arizona|Cordes Lakes]]. The fire started on June 24, 2017 and it reached 100% containment on July 10.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goodwin Fire now 100% contained |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t63k9 |website=dailymotion.com |publisher=ABC15 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> 5 homes were destroyed and 2 others were damaged.<ref>{{cite web |title=One year anniversary of Goodwin Fire |url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/one-year-anniversary-of-goodwin-fire |website=fox10phoenix.com |publisher=FOX10 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Hurricane]]
|3,059
|$91.619 billion
|[[Hurricane Maria]]
|[[Florida]] and [[Puerto Rico]]
| Maria struck Puerto Rico as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to the US island due to extremely powerful winds and devastating floods. The hurricane also knocked out the entire power grid, triggering a near total island blackout. The lack of aid after the disaster caused a [[humanitarian crisis]], the worst in the US since [[Hurricane Katrina]], which lasted several months and had a dramatic effect on Puerto Rico's population.

|-
|2017
|[[Hurricane]]
|134
|$77.16 billion
|[[Hurricane Irma]]
|[[Florida]], [[South Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| Irma ravaged the northern [[Leeward Islands]] as an extremely powerful Category 5 hurricane before making landfall in the [[Florida Keys]] as a Category 4 hurricane, and in the mainland as a Category 3 hurricane. Irma caused widespread damage in Florida due to high winds and destructive floods. The Florida Keys were hit the hardest, with the vast majority of infrastructure there receiving some degree of damage, and at least 25% receiving major damage. Hurricane Irma also knocked out power to 73% of the state, or 7.7 million homes and businesses.

|-
|2017
|[[Hurricane]] and [[Flood]]
|107
|$125 billion
|[[Hurricane Harvey]]
|[[Texas]], [[Louisiana]], [[Alabama]]
| Harvey made landfall in Southwestern Texas as a Category 4 hurricane. Most of the damage from Harvey occurred after it had weakened, due to extreme prolonged rains dropping several feet of water that triggered unprecedented floods in a large swath of Southeastern Texas, with the worst of the flooding occurring in [[Houston]].

|-
|2017
|[[Winter storm]] and [[flood]]
|5
|$1.55 billion
|[[2017 California floods]]
|California
| Caused by a series of storms that led to California's wettest rainy season on record, in modern history.<ref name="2017 could tie records">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/10/18/2017-could-tie-record-billion-dollar-disasters-year-heres-why/763406001/|title=2017 could tie record for billion-dollar disasters in a year. Here's why.|author1=Doyle Rice|author2=Jim Sergent|author3=George Petras|author4=Janet Loehrke|publisher=USA Today Weather|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref><ref name="billion-dollar disasters">{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2017-10-20-billion-dollar-weather-disasters-united-states-record-tied|title=16 Billion-Dollar Disasters Have Impacted the U.S. This Year, Tying an All-Time Record, Thanks to the California Wildfires|author=Linda Lam|publisher=The Weather Company, LLC|date=October 31, 2017|access-date=November 4, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Big Sur landslide">{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/science/environment/news/2019-02-19-big-sur-catastrophic-landslide-drought-deluge|title=California's Big Sur's $54 Million 'Catastrophic Landslide' a Result of Drought Followed by Deluge, Scientists Say|publisher=The Weather Company|date=February 19, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Flood]]
|10
|
|[[2017 Payson flash floods]]
|[[Arizona]]
|One of the deadliest floods to ever hit [[Gila County, Arizona]]

|-
|2016
|[[Wildfire]]
|14
|$990 million
|[[2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires]]
|[[Tennessee]]
| Destroyed nearly 2,000 structures; burned nearly 18,000 acres.

|-
|2016
|[[Hurricane]]
|49
|$15.090 billion
|[[Hurricane Matthew]]
|[[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[The Carolinas]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Flood]]
|13
|
|[[2016 Louisiana floods]]
|[[Louisiana]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Flood]]
|23
|
|[[2016 West Virginia flood]]
|[[West Virginia]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Blizzard]]
|55
|≥$500 million – $3 billion
|[[January 2016 United States blizzard]]
|Southeast through the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast
|Snowfall totals in excess of two feet (61 cm)

|-
|2015
|[[Flood]]
|25
|$2 billion
|[[October 2015 North American storm complex]]
|Carolinas
| Channeled moisture from [[Hurricane Joaquin]] into the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic states]]. Caused the worst flooding recorded in the Carolinas prior to [[Hurricane Florence]] in 2018.<ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
| 2015
| [[Flood]]
| 20
|
| [[2015 Utah floods]]
| [[Utah]]
|
|-
| 2015
| [[Wildfire]]
| 3
| $8 billion
| [[Okanogan Complex fire]]
| [[Okanogan County, Washington]]
| Damage figure includes costs involved in the fighting of the fire.

|-
| 2015
| [[Flood]]
| 46
|
| [[2015 Texas–Oklahoma floods]]
| Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Snow storm]]
| 24
|
| [[November 17–21, 2014 North American winter storm|November 2014 North American winter storm]]
| [[Buffalo, New York]], Great Lakes region
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Tornado]]
| 35
| $1 billion
| [[Tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014|April 2014 tornado outbreak]]
| [[Nebraska]], [[Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Illinois]], [[Florida]], [[North Carolina]]
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Mudflow]]
| 43
|
| [[2014 Oso mudslide]]
| [[Oso, Washington]]
|
|-
| 2013 / 2014
| [[Cold wave]]
| 21
|
| [[Early 2014 North American cold wave]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Wildfire]]
| 19
|
| [[Yarnell Hill Fire]]
| [[Yarnell, Arizona]]
|
|-
|2013
|[[Flood]]
|8
|$1.9 billion
|[[2013 Colorado floods]]
|[[Colorado]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Tornado]]
| 24
| $2 billion
| [[2013 Moore tornado]]
| [[Moore, Oklahoma]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Blizzard]]
| 18
|
| [[February 2013 nor'easter]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
|2012
|[[Wildfire]]
|6
|
|[[2012 Colorado wildfires]]
|[[Colorado]]

|
|-
| 2012
| [[Hurricane]]
| 147
| $75 billion
| [[Hurricane Sandy]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
| 2011
| [[Tornado]]
| 158
| $2.8 billion (2011 USD)
| [[2011 Joplin tornado]]
| [[Joplin, Missouri]]
| part of the [[tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011]]

|-
| 2011
| [[Hurricane]]
| 58
| $14.2 billion (2011 USD)
| [[Hurricane Irene]]
| [[North Carolina]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Vermont]], [[Florida]], [[East Coast of the United States]]
|
|-
| 2011
| [[Tornado]]
| 346
| $11 billion (2011 USD)
| [[2011 Super Outbreak]]
| [[Alabama]], [[Tennessee]], [[Mississippi]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Arkansas]] and [[Virginia]]
| 336 tornadoes

|-
| 2011
| [[Flood]]
| 20
| $2–4 billion<ref>{{cite web|last=Masters|first=Jeffrey|title=Mississippi River flood of 2011 already a $2 billion disaster|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1800|work=Weather Underground|publisher=Jeff Masters' WunderBlog|access-date=May 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Gary|title=Mississippi flood damages could reach billions|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-news/2011/05/11/mississippi-flood-damages-could-reach-billions/|access-date=May 12, 2011|newspaper=Tucson Citizen|date=May 11, 2011|author2=Marisol Bello}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| [[2011 Mississippi River floods]]
| [[Mississippi River Valley]]

|-
| 2010
| [[Blizzard]]
| 13
| $150 million
| [[February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard]]
| 16 states in Eastern US
|
|-
| 2010
| [[Flood]]
| 20
|
| [[June 2010 Arkansas floods]]
| near [[Langley, Arkansas]]
| [[Albert Pike Recreational Area]]
|-
| 2009
| [[Snow storm]]
| 7
| $2 billion
| [[December 2009 North American blizzard]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[New England]], [[Virginia]], [[North Carolina]], [[Atlantic Canada]]
| December 16–20, 2009
|-
| 2009
| [[Tsunami]]
| 31
|
| [[2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami]]
| [[American Samoa]] and nearby islands
| 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 Gustav (2008)|Hurricane Gustav]]
| [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]], [[Texas]], [[Arkansas]], [[Oklahoma]]
|
|-
| 2008
| [[Tornado]]
| 59
| $1.2 billion
| [[2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak]]
| [[Tennessee]], [[Arkansas]], [[Kentucky]], [[Alabama]], and [[Illinois]]
|
|-
| 2007
| [[Wildfire]]
| 14
| ≥$2.393 billion
| [[October 2007 California wildfires]]
| California
| Large fires burned out of control across southern California, fueled by unusually strong [[Santa Ana winds]]; worst around [[San Diego]]; caused evacuation of over one million people. Most fires accidental; some suspected arson.<ref name="losses">{{cite web|url=http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|title=California Wildfire: How Large Can The Losses Be?|author1=Dr. Tomas Girnius|author2=Tyler Hauteniemi|author3=Scott Stransky|publisher=AIRCurrents|date=August 2008|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031708/http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="2007 San Diego firestorms AAR">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/oes/docs/2007_SanDiego_Fire_AAR_Main_Document_FINAL.pdf|title=2007 San Diego County Firestorms After Action Report|author=Walker F. Ekard|publisher=County of San Diego|date=February 2008|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="2007 fire siege">{{cite web |url=http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/siege/2007/Overview_CompleteFinal.pdf |date=8 January 2009|title=California Fire Siege 2007: An Overview |access-date=21 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119041829/http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/siege/2007/Overview_CompleteFinal.pdf|archive-date=19 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-
| 2006
| [[Wildfires]]
| 9
| $226.6 million (2006 USD)
| [[2006 California wildfires]]
| [[Southern California]]
|
|-
| 2006
| [[Snow storm]]
| 19
| $530 million (2006 USD)
| [[Lake Storm "Aphid"]]
| [[Buffalo, New York]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 30
| $21 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Wilma]]
| [[Florida]], [[East Coast of the United States]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 1,836
| $125 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Katrina]]
| Florida, [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 120
| $10 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Rita]]
| [[Louisiana]], [[Texas]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 15
| $2.5 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Dennis (2005)|Hurricane Dennis]]
| [[Florida]], Southeastern U.S
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Tornado]]
| 25
| $92 million
| [[Evansville Tornado of November 2005]]
| [[Missouri]], [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], [[Ohio]]
| 7 tornadoes
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 124
| $19 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Ivan]]
| Texas, Florida, East Coast
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 5
| $7.5 billion
| [[Hurricane Jeanne]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 49
| $9 billion
| [[Hurricane Frances]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 10
| $15 billion
| [[Hurricane Charley]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2003
| [[Hurricane]]
| 51
| $3.6 billion
| [[Hurricane Isabel]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Virginia]], [[Maryland]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|
|-
| 2003
| [[Wildfire]]
| 15
| $1.331 billion
| [[Cedar Fire]]
| California
| The largest and most destructive wildfire recorded in the modern history of [[San Diego County, California|San Diego County]].<ref name="losses">{{cite web|url=http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|title=California Wildfire: How Large Can The Losses Be?|author1=Dr. Tomas Girnius|author2=Tyler Hauteniemi|author3=Scott Stransky|publisher=AIRCurrents|date=August 2008|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031708/http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=memorial>{{cite web|title=Cedar Fire Memorial |url=http://www.lakesidehistory.org/CedarFire/cedar_fire_memorial.htm |website=www.lakesidehistory.org |access-date=5 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623225606/http://www.lakesidehistory.org/CedarFire/cedar_fire_memorial.htm |archive-date=23 June 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| [[Hurricane]]
| 41
| $5.5 billion
| [[Tropical Storm Allison]]
| Texas, [[Louisiana]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Hurricane]]
| 85
| $6.5 billion
| [[Hurricane Floyd]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Atlantic Canada]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Heat wave]]
| 271
|
|
| [[Midwest]] and [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Tornado]]
| 48
| $1.5 billion (2005 USD)
| [[1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak]]
| [[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], Texas, [[Tennessee]]
| 74 tornadoes
|-
| 1998 / 1999
| [[Landslide]]
| 0
| $70 million
| [[Aldercrest-Banyon landslide]]
| [[Kelso, Washington]]
|
|-
| 1998
| [[Blizzard]]
| 30
| $5 million
| [[North American ice storm of 1998]]
| Canada and Northeast
|
|-
| 1997
| [[Flood]]
| 0
| $2 billion
| [[1997 Red River flood]]
| [[North Dakota]], [[Minnesota]], Southern [[Manitoba]]
|
|-
| 1996
| [[Flood]]
| 8
| $500 million
| [[Willamette Valley flood of 1996]]
| [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[Oregon]], [[Idaho]], California
|
|-
| 1995
| [[Heat wave]]
| 739
|
| [[Chicago heat wave of 1995]]
| Chicago, Illinois
|
|-
| 1995
| [[Flood]]
| 6
| $1.36 billion
| [[May 8, 1995 Louisiana flood]]
| [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], area
|
|-
| 1994
| [[Earthquake]]
| 57
| $23 billion
| [[Northridge earthquake]]
| [[Greater Los Angeles area]]
|
|-
| 1993
| [[Blizzard]]
| 79–300
| $6.6 billion
| [[1993 Storm of the Century|Storm of the Century]]
| East Coast of North and Central America
|
|-
| 1993
| [[Flood]]
| 50
| $15 billion
| [[Great Flood of 1993]]
| [[Midwest]]
|
|-
| 1992
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6
| $3.1 billion
| [[Hurricane Iniki]]
| Hawaii
|
|-
| 1992
| [[Hurricane]]
| 26
| $25 billion
| [[Hurricane Andrew]]
| Florida and [[Louisiana]]
|
|-
| 1991
| [[Wildfire]]
| 25
| $1.5 billion
| [[Oakland Hills fire]]
| [[San Francisco Bay Area]], California
|
|-
| 1990
| [[Tornado]]
| 29
| $160 million
| [[1990 Plainfield tornado]]
| [[Plainfield, Illinois]] [[Crest Hill, Illinois]]
|
|-
| 1989
| [[Earthquake]]
| 69
| $6 billion
| [[Loma Prieta earthquake]]
| [[San Francisco Bay Area]], California
|
|-
| 1989
| [[Hurricane]]
| 49
| $7 billion (1989 USD)
| [[Hurricane Hugo]]
| [[Caribbean]] and Eastern North America.
| Damage figure for U.S. only. At least 111 total deaths, with 37 in the continental U.S. and 12 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico.
|-
| 1988
| [[Heat wave]] and [[Drought]]
| 5,000 – 10,000
| $120 billion (2014 USD)
| [[1988-89 North American drought]]
| Widespread; 45% of the nation affected
| Costliest [[natural disaster]] in the [[United States]] prior to [[Hurricane Katrina]].
|-
| 1988
| [[Wildfire]]
| 2
| $240 million
| [[Yellowstone fires of 1988]]
| [[Yellowstone National Park]], Wyoming
| 793,880 acres (36% of the park) was burned in the fires started by lightning.
|-
| 1985
| [[Hurricane]]
| 9
| $1.3 billion
| [[Hurricane Elena]]
| Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
|
|-
| 1985
| [[Hurricane]]
| 14
| $900 million
| [[Hurricane Gloria]]
| New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, New England
|
|-
| 1983
| [[Hurricane]]
| 21
| $3 billion
| [[Hurricane Alicia]]
| Texas
|
|-
| 1980
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6
| $630 million (1980 USD)
| [[Hurricane Allen]]
| South Texas
|
|-
| 1980
| [[Heat wave]]
| 1,700
| $20 billion
| [[1980 United States heat wave]]
| Central and southern states
| Official death toll, may have been higher; damage figure not adjusted for inflation.
|-
| 1980
| [[Volcano]]
| 57
| $1.1 billion
| [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens]]
| [[Washington (state)|Washington state]]
| Damage figure not adjusted for inflation; figure in 2015 dollars is 2,890.
|-
| 1977
| [[Blizzard]]
| 23
| $56.25 billion (1977 USD)
| [[Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977]]
| New York and [[Ontario]] (esp. [[Buffalo, New York]])
|
|-
| 1976
| [[Flood]]
| 145
|
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Big Thompson Canyon flood in Colorado (July 1976)|Big Thompson Canyon Flood of 1976]]
| [[Colorado]]
|
|-
| 1974
| [[Tornado]]
| 315
|
| [[1974 Super Outbreak]]
| [[Ontario]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Michigan]], [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[North Carolina]], [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]] and New York
| 148 tornadoes
|-
| 1972
| [[Flood]]
| 238
| $160 million (1972 USD); $664 million (2002 USD)
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Rapid City, South Dakota Flood – June 1972|1972 Rapid City Flood]]
| [[Rapid City, South Dakota]]
| Average rainfall over area of 60 mi2 measured at 10-{{convert|15|in|mm}}, over 6 hours in middle of night June 9–10, 1972.
|-
| 1971
| [[Earthquake]]
| 65
| $500 million
| [[Sylmar earthquake]]
| [[Greater Los Angeles area]]
|
|-
| 1970
| [[Tornado]]
| 26
| $1.412 billion (2008 USD)
| [[Lubbock Tornado]]
| [[Lubbock, Texas]]
| F5 tornado killed 26 and wounded approximately 500
|-
| 1969
| [[Hurricane]]
| 256
| $1.42 billion
| [[Hurricane Camille]]
| [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]] and [[Virginia]]
|
|-
| 1965
| [[Tornado]]
| 271
|
| [[1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak|Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak]]
| [[Iowa]], [[Ohio]], [[Michigan]], [[Indiana]]
| 78 tornadoes
|-
| 1964
| [[Tsunami]] and [[Earthquake]]
| 115
| $1.8 billion (2006 USD)
| [[Good Friday earthquake]]
| [[Alaska]], Hawaii, [[Oregon]], California, British Columbia
|
|-
| 1960
| [[Tsunami]]
| 61
| $500 million (2005 USD)
| [[Great Chilean earthquake]]
| Hawaii, [[Alaska]]
| 2,290 to 6,600 killed and $3,500 M (2005) in damage worldwide. 61 killed in [[Hilo, Hawaii]]. $500 M in U.S. property damage
|-
| 1957
| [[Tornado]]
| 10
| $26 million
| [[1957 Fargo tornado]]
| [[Fargo, ND]]
|
|-
| 1953
| [[Tornado]]
| 114
|
|
| [[Waco, TX]]
|
|-
| 1951
| [[Flood]]
| 28
| $935 million ($9.21 billion in 2019)
| [[Great Flood of 1951]]
| [[Kansas]] and [[Missouri]]
|
|-
| 1950
| [[Blizzard]]
| 353
| $67 million (1950 USD)
| [[Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950]]
| Eastern US States
|
|-
| 1946
| [[Tsunami]] and [[Earthquake]]
| 165
|
| [[Aleutian Island earthquake]]
| [[Alaska]] and [[Hawaii]]
|
|-
| 1940
| [[Blizzard]]
| 154
| $2 million
| [[Armistice Day Blizzard]]
| North and Central Midwest
| Damage total not adjusted for inflation.
|-
| 1938
| [[Hurricane]]
| 600
|
| [[Great New England Hurricane]]
|
|
|-
| 1938
| [[Flood]]
| 115
|
| [[Los Angeles Flood of 1938]]
| Los Angeles
|
|-
| 1937
| [[Flood]]
| 385
| $500 thousand
| [[Ohio River flood of 1937]]
| [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Indiana]], [[Illinois]]
|
|-
| 1936
| [[Flood]]
| 69
| $250 million ($4.66 billion in 2020)
| [[Pittsburgh Flood 1936]]
| [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], area
|
|-
| 1935
| [[Hurricane]]
| 423
|
| [[Labor Day Hurricane of 1935]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 1931 to 1939
| [[Drought]]
| Unknown
| $1 million (2017 USD)
| [[Dust Bowl]]
| [[Great Plains]]
| Compounded by unsustainable agricultural techniques
|-
| 1928
| [[Hurricane]]
| 3,000
| $800 million (2005 USD)
| [[1928 Okeechobee Hurricane]]
| [[Leeward Islands]], [[Puerto Rico]], the [[Bahamas]], and Florida
| 4,078+ believed dead total. About 2,500 died in Florida and 500 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico.
|-
| 1927
| [[Flood]]
| 246
| $400 million
| [[Great Mississippi Flood of 1927]]
| [[Arkansas]], [[Illinois]], [[Kentucky]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Tennessee]]
|
|-
| 1926
| [[Tornado]]
| 16
|
| [[La Plata, Maryland#Tornado history|La Plata Tornado of 1926]]
| [[La Plata, Maryland]]
| 13 killed in La Plata Elementary School
|-
| 1925
| [[Tornado]]
| 695–727
| $16.5 million; $1.4 billion (1997 USD)
| [[Tri-State Tornado]]
| [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]] and [[Indiana]] ([[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]])
| Lower number for single 3-state tornado; higher for 5-state outbreak
|-
| 1919
| [[Hurricane]]
| 600
|
| [[1919 Florida Keys Hurricane]]
| Florida, Texas
|
|-
| 1918
| [[Wildfire]]
| 453
| $73 million ($1.145 billion in 2015)
| [[1918 Cloquet fire]]
| [[Minnesota]]
| Largest disaster in Minnesota history
|-
| 1913
| [[Flood]]
| 428
|
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Great Flood – March 1913|1913 (Ohio) Statewide Flood]]
| Southwest, Central, and Eastern [[Ohio]]
|
|-
| 1913
| [[Flood]]
| 361
|
| [[Great Dayton Flood]]
| [[Dayton, Ohio]]
| Flood was created by a series of three winter storms that hit the region in March, 1913
|-
| 1913
| [[Blizzard]]
| 250
|
| [[Great Lakes Storm of 1913]]
|
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1913
| Storm
| 250
| $5 million (1913 USD)
| [[Great Lakes Storm of 1913]]
| [[Great Lakes]] area
| Financial impact for lost vessels and cargo only
|-
| 1910
| [[Avalanche]]
| 96
|
| [[Wellington avalanche]]
| [[Wellington, Washington]]
|
|-
| 1906
| [[Earthquake]] and fire (urban conflagration)
| 3,000 – 6,000
|
| [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]]
| [[California]]
| Conflagration followed quake; fatalities estimated
|-
| 1900
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6,000 – 12,000
| $35.4 million; 1.097 billion (2020 USD)
| [[Galveston Hurricane of 1900]]
| [[Texas]]
| Fatalities estimated – remains deadliest natural disaster in North American history.
|-
| 1896
| [[Tornado]]
| 255–400
| $10 million ($307 million in 2019)
| [[St. Louis-East St. Louis tornado]]
| [[Missouri]]
|
|-
| 1894
| [[Wildfire]]
| 418
| $73 million
| [[Great Hinckley Fire]]
| [[Minnesota]]
| Actual death toll likely higher than official death toll of 418.
|-
| 1893
| [[Hurricane]]
| 2,000
|
| [[1893 Cheniere Caminada Hurricane]]
| [[Louisiana]]
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1893
| [[Hurricane]]
| 1,000 – 2,000
|
| [[1893 Sea Islands Hurricane]]
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]]
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1889
| [[Flood]]
| 2,209
| $17 million ($425 million in 2012)
| [[Johnstown Flood]]
| [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]]
| A dam failure caused 20 million tons of water to be unleashed, devastating Johnstown, PA and the surrounding area.
|-
| 1888
| [[Blizzard]]
| ca. 600
|
| [[Great Blizzard of 1888]]
| Northeast
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1888
| [[Cold wave]]
| Unknown
|
| [[1888 Northwest Cold Wave]]
| Northwest
|
|-
| 1871
| [[Wildfire]]
| 1,500 – 2,500
|
| [[Peshtigo fire]]
| [[Wisconsin]]
| Deadliest [[firestorm]] in United States history

|-
| 1862
| [[Flood]]
| >5,000
| $100 million (1862 USD); $262.2 billion (2020 USD)
| [[Great Flood of 1862]]
| [[California]], [[Oregon]], [[Utah]], and the territories that now make up [[Arizona]] and [[Nevada]]
| An [[atmospheric river]] led to 43 continuous days of rain, lasting from December 1861 until January 1862. When it was over, much of California's [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]] was covered with [[inland sea]]s that remained for months; the state's government had to move to [[San Francisco]] as [[Sacramento]] was under 10 feet of water. California nearly went bankrupt due to the costs of the damages and the loss of tax revenues from so many farms and mines; it is considered to be the worst disaster in the state's history.<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/calbk:@field(DOCID+@lit(calbk142div21)): William H. Brewer, '''Up and down California in 1860-1864''', New Haven, Yale University Press, 1930, p. 243]</ref>
|-
| 1816
| [[Famine]] (caused by [[volcano]])
| Unknown
|
| [[Year Without a Summer]]
|
| Volcanic dust from a massive eruption by [[Mount Tambora]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] (present [[Indonesia]]) in 1815 led to an abnormally cold summer in 1816 in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Cold weather inhibited crops, and [[frost]]s and [[snowstorm]]s killed what did grow, leading to a localized [[famine]].
|}

==See also==
* [[List of disasters in the United States by death toll]]
* [[List of wildfires in the United States]]
* [[:Category:Lists of tropical cyclones in the United States]]

== References ==
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This '''list of United States natural disasters''' is a list of notable [[natural disaster]]s that occurred in the [[United States]] after 1816. Due to inflation, the monetary damage estimates are not comparable. Unless otherwise noted, the year given is the year in which the currency's valuation was calculated. References can be found in the associated articles noted.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Year
!Disaster
!data-sort-type=number|Death toll
!Damage cost [[United States dollar|US$]]
!Main article
!Location
!Notes

|-
|2021
|[[Wildfire]]
|2
|$2.3 million
|[[2021 Kansas wildfire outbreak]]
|[[Kansas]]
|On December 15, 2021, a wildfire siege began in Western and Central Kansas due to blustering winds and drought. More than 10 wildfires were reported with an estimated burned area of more than 163,000+ acres. The wildfire outbreak resulted in the deaths of two individuals and the injuries of 3 others. More than 42 structures were destroyed during the outbreak, mainly in the cities of [[Paradise, Kansas|Paradise]] and [[Waldo, Kansas|Waldo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2 dead in Kansas wildfires fueled by windy, dry weather |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dead-kansas-wildfires-fueled-windy-dry-weather-81823498 |website=[[ABC News]] |publisher=Margaret Stafford |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kansas community previously devastated by fires helps out those currently struggling |url=https://www.ksn.com/news/local/the-community-previously-devastated-by-fires-helps-out-those-currently-struggling/ |website=[[KSNW]] |publisher=Jessica Watson |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|[[Tornado]]
|90
|
|[[Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021]]
|[[Kentucky]], [[Illinois]], [[Tennessee]], [[Missouri]], [[Arkansas]]
|A rare late-season tornado outbreak devastated states across the mid-south midwest, causing widespread damage and fatalities. [[Kentucky]] was particularly hard hit, with 75 fatalities occurring in the state. There were also 3 non-tornadic fatalities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59623970|title=Kentucky tornadoes: Desperate search for survivors as death toll rises|website=BBC|access-date=December 12, 2021|date=December 12, 2021|archive-date=December 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211230325/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59623970|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Jamie McGee |author2=Laura Faith Kebede |author3=Campbell Robertson |title=Tornadoes Tear Through South and Midwest, With at Least 70 Dead in Kentucky |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/kentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html#aoh=16393087793200&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F12%2F11%2Fus%2Fkentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html |access-date=13 December 2021 |agency=[[The New York Times]] |date=11 December 2021 |location=Mayfield, Kentucky |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212124603/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/kentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html#aoh=16393087793200&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F12%2F11%2Fus%2Fkentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-
|2021
|[[Hurricane]]
|115
|$65.25 billion
|[[Hurricane Ida]]
|[[United States]] (especially in [[Louisiana]], [[New Jersey]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Northeastern United States]]), [[Cuba]], [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], [[Jamaica]]
|After causing widespread destruction along the Gulf Coast, (specifically [[Louisiana]]), Ida moved north, spawned a [[Hurricane Ida tornado outbreak|destructive tornado outbreak]], and caused massive flooding in many Northeastern states such as [[New York State|New York]], [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]]. Ida is now the [[List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes|sixth-costliest]] tropical cyclone on record.<ref name="AON September 2021">{{cite report|url=http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/Documents/20210012-analytics-if-september-global-recap.pdf|title=Global Catastrophe Recap September 2021|date=October 12, 2021|publisher=[[Aon (company)|Aon Benfield]]|pages=11, 13|access-date=October 12, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
|2021
|[[Winter storm]]
|237
| ≥ $196.5 billion<ref name="Uri AAR">{{cite report|url=https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/HSEM/2021-Winter-Storm-Uri-AAR-Findings-Report.pdf|title=2021 Winter Storm Uri After-Action Review: Findings Report|author=|publisher=City of Austin & Travis County|date=November 4, 2021|accessdate=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105210936/https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/HSEM/2021-Winter-Storm-Uri-AAR-Findings-Report.pdf|archive-date=November 5, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AON September 2021" />
|[[February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm]]
|[[United States]] (especially in [[Texas]], northern [[Mexico]])
|While the storm was widespread across the U.S., [[Mexico]], and parts of [[Canada]], the worst was in Texas, causing the [[2021 Texas power crisis]], as the energy infrastructure was unprepared for the freezing temperatures. 237 deaths ({{as of|2021|07|14|df=US|lc=y}}), including 223 in the United States and 14 in Mexico.<ref name="goes up to 210">{{cite news|url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2021/07/14/403191/texas-winter-storm-death-toll-goes-up-to-210-including-43-deaths-in-harris-county/|title=Texas Winter Storm Death Toll Goes Up To 210, Including 43 Deaths In Harris County|author=Andrew Weber|work=Houston Public Media|date=July 14, 2021|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Uri weather.com">{{Cite web|title=Houston Faces Dire Water Issues as Power Outages, Cold Push Texans To Their Limits|url=https://weather.com/news/news/2021-02-17-texas-water-power-outages-snow-ice-weather-south|website=weather.com|language=en-US|author=Jan Wesner Childs|publisher=[[The Weather Company]]|date=February 18, 2021|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="man killed">{{Cite web|author=|date=February 15, 2021|title=Man killed in crash involving semi-truck in northern Oklahoma|url=https://www.koco.com/article/person-killed-in-crash-involving-semi-truck-in-northern-oklahoma/35502828|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=KOCO News|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Mexico deaths">{{cite news|title=20 deaths blamed on cold weather in north as another front moves in|url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/20-deaths-blamed-on-cold-weather-in-north-as-another-front-moves-in/|website=Mexico News Daily|date=February 19, 2021|access-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Wildfire]]
|47
|≥$19.884 billion
|[[2020 Western United States wildfire season]]
|[[Western United States]]
| One of the most destructive wildfire seasons recorded in the Western United States.<ref name="NOAA billions">{{cite web|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/events|title=Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Table of Events|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]|date=December 2020|access-date=March 26, 2021}}</ref><ref name="2020 Large Incident Report">{{cite report|title=2020 National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report|work=Geographic Area Coordination Center|url=https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|publisher=[[National Interagency Fire Center]]|date=December 21, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229021815/https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|archive-date=December 29, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Wildfire]]
|31
|≥$12.079 billion
|[[2020 California wildfires]]
|[[California]]
| The largest and the third-most destructive wildfire season on record in California.<ref name="2020 California fire season damage">{{cite web|url=https://abc7news.com/california-wildfires-cost-of-cal-fire-stanford-wildfire-research/6897462/|title=Damage from California's wildfires estimated at $10 billion, experts say|website=abc7news.com|author=David Louie|publisher=ABC, Inc.|date=October 9, 2020|access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref><ref name="2020 Large Incident Report" />

|-
|2020
|[[Derecho]]
|4
|$11 billion
|[[August 2020 Midwest derecho]]
|[[Midwestern United States]]
|The severe derecho affected the states of [[Iowa]], [[Illinois]], [[Nebraska]], [[Indiana]], and [[Wisconsin]]. The derecho caused high winds and spawned an outbreak of a couple tornadoes. The derecho also caused the state of Iowa to lose approximately 550,000 acres of corn harvest. The highest winds recorded from the derecho was about 140 mph in [[Cedar Rapids]], Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Midwest Derecho - August 10, 2020, Updated: 10/8/20 12 pm |url=https://www.weather.gov/dvn/summary_081020 |website=weather.gov |publisher=National Weather Servic & NOAA |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|≥211 killed, 120 missing
|$7.9 billion
|[[Hurricane Eta]]
|[[Colombia]], [[Jamaica]], [[Central America]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[The Bahamas]], [[Southeastern United States]]
| Long-lived tropical cyclone that made four landfalls. Caused significant amounts of destruction, especially in Central America.<ref name="AonNovember">{{cite web |title=Global Catastrophe Recap November 2020 |url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201210_analytics-if-november-global-recap.pdf |publisher=[[Aon (company)|Aon]] |date=December 10, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|8
|$3.6 billion
|[[Hurricane Zeta]]
|[[Cayman Islands]], [[Jamaica]], [[Central America]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic]], [[New England]], [[Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Aon Benfield October 2020">{{cite web|title=Global Catastrophe Recap – October 2020|url=http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/documents/20201111_analytics-if-october-global-recap.pdf|work=[[Aon (company)|Aon Benfield]]|date=November 11, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021|pages=4}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|6
|$3.086 billion
|[[Hurricane Delta]]
|[[Jamaica]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Northeastern United States]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Aon Benfield October 2020" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|8
|$7.3 billion
|[[Hurricane Sally]]
|[[The Bahamas]], [[Cuba]], [[U.S. Gulf Coast]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Norway]]
| Sally did not have its name retired, making it the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the North Atlantic that did not have its name retired.<ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="no longer">{{cite web|url=https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/03/wmo-atlantic-hurricanes-no-longer-to-receive-names-from-greek-alphabet/|title=WMO: Atlantic hurricanes no longer to receive names from Greek alphabet|author=Jeff Masters|publisher=Yale Climate Connections|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021}}</ref><ref name="strong candidates">{{Cite web|title=These 2019 and 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Names Were Not Retired, But Were Strong Candidates {{!}} The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel {{!}} weather.com|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2021-03-19-atlantic-names-not-retired-2019-2020|access-date=2021-03-21|website=The Weather Channel|language=en-US}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|77
|$19.1 billion
|[[Hurricane Laura]]
|[[Lesser Antilles]], [[Greater Antilles]], [[The Bahamas]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Midwestern United States]], [[Eastern United States]]
| Tied with the [[1856 Last Island hurricane]] as the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the state of [[Louisiana]], in terms of [[maximum sustained winds]].<ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="AonNovember" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|18
|$4.725 billion
|[[Hurricane Isaias]]
|[[West Africa]], [[Lesser Antilles]], [[Greater Antilles]], [[The Bahamas]], [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Eastern Canada]]
| Caused the [[Hurricane Isaias tornado outbreak|worst tropical cyclone-spawned tornado outbreak]] since [[Hurricane Rita]] in 2005.<ref name="NCdeaths">{{cite news |title=At least 2 people dead, 3 missing after tornado touches down in Bertie County |url=https://abc11.com/nc-tornado-bertie-county-hurricane-isaias-tropical-storm/6352664/ |access-date=4 August 2020 |work=ABC11 Raleigh-Durham |date=4 August 2020 |language=en |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807080141/https://abc11.com/nc-tornado-bertie-county-hurricane-isaias-tropical-storm/6352664/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Global Catastrophe Report August 2020">{{cite web|url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201109_analytics-if-august-global-recap.pdf|title=Global Catastrophe Report 2020|author=AON|publisher=AON|date=September 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914230959/http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201109_analytics-if-august-global-recap.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Isaias did not have its name retired following the season, making Isaias the third-costliest Atlantic hurricane that didn't have its name retired.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-17|title=Greek alphabet retired for hurricane names; 'Isaias' still available|url=https://www.wpri.com/weather/hurricane-names-greek-alphabet-retired-isaias-not-retired/|access-date=2021-03-17|website=WPRI.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="no longer" /><ref name="strong candidates" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|9
|$1.2 billion
|[[Hurricane Hanna (2020)|Hurricane Hanna]]
|[[Cuba]], [[Hispaniola]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]] (mainly [[Texas]]), [[Mexico]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
|2019
|[[Tropical cyclone|Tropical storm]]
|7
|$5 billion
|[[Tropical Storm Imelda]]
|Texas, [[Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Arkansas]]
| The fifth-wettest tropical cyclone recorded in the [[Contiguous United States]].<ref name="Imelda TCR">{{cite report|last1=Latto |first1=Andy |last2=Berg |first2=Robbie |title=Tropical Storm Imelda |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL112019_Imelda.pdf |type=Tropical Cyclone Report |publisher=National Hurricane Center |access-date=February 1, 2021 |location=Miami, Florida |date=February 7, 2020}}</ref> Imelda's name was not retired, making it the second-costliest Atlantic tropical cyclone name on record to not be retired.<ref name="no longer" /><ref name="no retirement">{{cite web|url=https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2021/03/19/no-retirement-for-imelda/|title=No Retirement for "Imelda"|author1=Amanda Cochran|author2=Frank Billingsly|publisher=Click2Houston|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=These 2019 and 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Names Were Not Retired, But Were Strong Candidates {{!}} The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel {{!}} weather.com|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2021-03-19-atlantic-names-not-retired-2019-2020|access-date=2021-03-21|website=The Weather Channel|language=en-US}}</ref>

|-
|2019
|[[Earthquake]]
|1 killed, 25 injured
|$5.3 billion
|[[2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes]]
|[[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Arizona]]
| Three earthquakes struck California between July 4 and July 5. The main earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude, as two others were 5.4 and 6.4 magnitudes. At least one was killed and several others were injured. The main earthquake was the strongest earthquake to hit the region in [[1999 Hector Mine earthquake|20 years]].<ref name="wapo">{{cite report|work=Washington Post|date=July 6, 2019|access-date=July 8, 2021|title=California had its largest earthquake in years — then an even bigger one hit|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/06/california-earthquake/}}</ref>

|-
|2019
|[[Hurricane]]
|84 killed, 245 missing
|$5.1 billion
|[[Hurricane Dorian]]
|[[Lesser Antilles]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[The Bahamas]] (especially the [[Abaco Islands]] and [[Grand Bahama]]), [[Eastern United States]] (especially [[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]], and [[North Carolina]]), [[Eastern Canada]]
| The costliest tropical cyclone recorded in the Bahamas. The storm stalled over [[Grand Bahama]] for a day.<ref name="TCR">{{cite report|author=Lixion Avila, Stacy Stewart, Robbie Berg, and Andrew Hagen|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=April 20, 2020|access-date=April 29, 2020|title=Hurricane Dorian (AL052019)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL052019_Dorian.pdf}}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Wildfire]]
|97
|≥$26.347 billion
|[[2018 California wildfires]]
|California
| The deadliest and most destructive wildfire season on record in California.<ref name="25.4 billion">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-28/california-fire-damages-already-at-25-4-billion-and-counting|title=California Fire Damage Estimated at $25.4 Billion|author1=Nic Querolo|author2=Brian K. Sullivan|publisher=Bloomberg|date=October 29, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name="LATimes Costliest">{{Cite news |last=Reyes-Velarde |first=Alejandra |date=January 11, 2019 |title=California's Camp fire was the costliest global disaster last year, insurance report shows |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-camp-fire-insured-losses-20190111-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Woolsey Fire cost">{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/california/malibu/6-billion-real-estate-destroyed-woolsey-fire-report|title=$6 Billion In Real Estate Destroyed In Woolsey Fire: Report|author=Emily Holland|website=patch.com|publisher=Patch Media|date=November 28, 2018|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref><ref name="2018 LargeIncidentReport">{{cite web|url=https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|title=2018 National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report|publisher=[[National Interagency Fire Center]]|date=November 9, 2018|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214408/hhttps://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|archive-date=July 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="suppression costs climb">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/10/more-companies-are-flagging-wildfire-risk-as-suppression-costs-climb.html#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20costs%20center,allotted%20in%20the%20state's%20budget.|title=A rising number of US companies are flagging wildfire risk as suppression costs climb|author=J. R. Reed|publisher=CNBC|date=November 12, 2019|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Wildfire]]
|85
|$16.5 billion
|[[Camp Fire (2018)|Camp Fire]]
|California
|The worst fire in California history destroyed more than 18,000 structures in [[Northern California]]. It was fueled by large dry [[List of national forests of the United States|national forests]] and was started by electrical transmission lines.

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|74
|$25.5 billion
|[[Hurricane Michael]]
|[[Central America]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[Southeastern United States]] (especially the [[Florida Panhandle]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]), [[Eastern United States]], [[Eastern Canada]], [[Iberian Peninsula]]
| The third-most intense landfalling tropical cyclone recorded in the United States.<ref name="Michael TCR">{{cite report |last1=Beven |first1=John |last2=Berg |first2=Robbie |last3=Hagen |first3=Andrew |title=Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Michael |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf |publisher=National Hurricane Center |access-date=17 August 2020 |date=17 May 2019 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729102708/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|54
|$24.23 billion
|[[Hurricane Florence]]
|[[West Africa]], [[Cape Verde]], [[Bermuda]], [[East Coast of the United States]] (especially the [[Carolinas]]), [[Atlantic Canada]]
| Wettest tropical cyclone recorded in the Carolinas.<ref name="Florence TCR">{{cite report|author=Stacy Stewart and Robbie Berg|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=May 30, 2019|access-date=September 18, 2019|title=Hurricane Florence (AL062018)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062018_Florence.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002160858/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062018_Florence.pdf|archive-date=October 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|1
|>$250 million
|[[Hurricane Lane]]
|[[Hawaii]]
| Wettest tropical cyclone recorded in Hawaii.<ref>{{cite report|publisher=AON Benfield|date=December 2018|access-date=March 28, 2020|title=Global Catastrophe Recap: December 2018|url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com/Documents/20190118-ab-if-december-global-recap.pdf|page=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201223723/http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20190118-ab-if-december-global-recap.pdf|archive-date=February 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Wildfire]]
|47
|≥$18 billion
|[[2017 California wildfires]]
|California
| The second-most destructive wildfire season on record in California (behind only [[2018 California wildfires|2018]]).<ref name="13.2 billion">{{cite web|url=http://www.artemis.bm/blog/2018/01/25/california-wildfire-industry-losses-put-at-13-2bn-by-aon-benfield/|title=California wildfire industry losses put at $13.2bn by Aon Benfield|publisher=Artemis.bm|date=January 25, 2018|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name="spent">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-wildfire-costs-20180301-story.html|title=California spent nearly $1.8 billion last year fighting major wildfires|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 1, 2018|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Wildfire]]
|0
|$15 million
|[[Goodwin Fire]]
|[[Arizona]]
|Started in the Bradshaw Mountains near [[Mayer, Arizona]]. The fire caused the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office and the Mayer Fire Department to close parts of [[State Route 69 (Arizona)|Highway 69]] between Mayer and [[Dewey-Humboldt]]. 100+ people had to be evacuated from Mayer and other close communities outside of Mayer also had to be evacuated such as [[Spring Valley, Arizona|Spring Valley]] and [[Cordes Lakes, Arizona|Cordes Lakes]]. The fire started on June 24, 2017 and it reached 100% containment on July 10.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goodwin Fire now 100% contained |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t63k9 |website=dailymotion.com |publisher=ABC15 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> 5 homes were destroyed and 2 others were damaged.<ref>{{cite web |title=One year anniversary of Goodwin Fire |url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/one-year-anniversary-of-goodwin-fire |website=fox10phoenix.com |publisher=FOX10 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Hurricane]]
|3,059
|$91.619 billion
|[[Hurricane Maria]]
|[[Florida]] and [[Puerto Rico]]
| Maria struck Puerto Rico as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to the US island due to extremely powerful winds and devastating floods. The hurricane also knocked out the entire power grid, triggering a near total island blackout. The lack of aid after the disaster caused a [[humanitarian crisis]], the worst in the US since [[Hurricane Katrina]], which lasted several months and had a dramatic effect on Puerto Rico's population.

|-
|2017
|[[Hurricane]]
|134
|$77.16 billion
|[[Hurricane Irma]]
|[[Florida]], [[South Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| Irma ravaged the northern [[Leeward Islands]] as an extremely powerful Category 5 hurricane before making landfall in the [[Florida Keys]] as a Category 4 hurricane, and in the mainland as a Category 3 hurricane. Irma caused widespread damage in Florida due to high winds and destructive floods. The Florida Keys were hit the hardest, with the vast majority of infrastructure there receiving some degree of damage, and at least 25% receiving major damage. Hurricane Irma also knocked out power to 73% of the state, or 7.7 million homes and businesses.

|-
|2017
|[[Hurricane]] and [[Flood]]
|107
|$125 billion
|[[Hurricane Harvey]]
|[[Texas]], [[Louisiana]], [[Alabama]]
| Harvey made landfall in Southwestern Texas as a Category 4 hurricane. Most of the damage from Harvey occurred after it had weakened, due to extreme prolonged rains dropping several feet of water that triggered unprecedented floods in a large swath of Southeastern Texas, with the worst of the flooding occurring in [[Houston]].

|-
|2017
|[[Winter storm]] and [[flood]]
|5
|$1.55 billion
|[[2017 California floods]]
|California
| Caused by a series of storms that led to California's wettest rainy season on record, in modern history.<ref name="2017 could tie records">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/10/18/2017-could-tie-record-billion-dollar-disasters-year-heres-why/763406001/|title=2017 could tie record for billion-dollar disasters in a year. Here's why.|author1=Doyle Rice|author2=Jim Sergent|author3=George Petras|author4=Janet Loehrke|publisher=USA Today Weather|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref><ref name="billion-dollar disasters">{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2017-10-20-billion-dollar-weather-disasters-united-states-record-tied|title=16 Billion-Dollar Disasters Have Impacted the U.S. This Year, Tying an All-Time Record, Thanks to the California Wildfires|author=Linda Lam|publisher=The Weather Company, LLC|date=October 31, 2017|access-date=November 4, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Big Sur landslide">{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/science/environment/news/2019-02-19-big-sur-catastrophic-landslide-drought-deluge|title=California's Big Sur's $54 Million 'Catastrophic Landslide' a Result of Drought Followed by Deluge, Scientists Say|publisher=The Weather Company|date=February 19, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Flood]]
|10
|
|[[2017 Payson flash floods]]
|[[Arizona]]
|One of the deadliest floods to ever hit [[Gila County, Arizona]]

|-
|2016
|[[Wildfire]]
|14
|$990 million
|[[2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires]]
|[[Tennessee]]
| Destroyed nearly 2,000 structures; burned nearly 18,000 acres.

|-
|2016
|[[Hurricane]]
|49
|$15.090 billion
|[[Hurricane Matthew]]
|[[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[The Carolinas]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Flood]]
|13
|
|[[2016 Louisiana floods]]
|[[Louisiana]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Flood]]
|23
|
|[[2016 West Virginia flood]]
|[[West Virginia]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Blizzard]]
|55
|≥$500 million – $3 billion
|[[January 2016 United States blizzard]]
|Southeast through the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast
|Snowfall totals in excess of two feet (61 cm)

|-
|2015
|[[Flood]]
|25
|$2 billion
|[[October 2015 North American storm complex]]
|Carolinas
| Channeled moisture from [[Hurricane Joaquin]] into the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic states]]. Caused the worst flooding recorded in the Carolinas prior to [[Hurricane Florence]] in 2018.<ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
| 2015
| [[Flood]]
| 20
|
| [[2015 Utah floods]]
| [[Utah]]
|
|-
| 2015
| [[Wildfire]]
| 3
| $8 billion
| [[Okanogan Complex fire]]
| [[Okanogan County, Washington]]
| Damage figure includes costs involved in the fighting of the fire.

|-
| 2015
| [[Flood]]
| 46
|
| [[2015 Texas–Oklahoma floods]]
| Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Snow storm]]
| 24
|
| [[November 17–21, 2014 North American winter storm|November 2014 North American winter storm]]
| [[Buffalo, New York]], Great Lakes region
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Tornado]]
| 35
| $1 billion
| [[Tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014|April 2014 tornado outbreak]]
| [[Nebraska]], [[Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Illinois]], [[Florida]], [[North Carolina]]
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Mudflow]]
| 43
|
| [[2014 Oso mudslide]]
| [[Oso, Washington]]
|
|-
| 2013 / 2014
| [[Cold wave]]
| 21
|
| [[Early 2014 North American cold wave]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Wildfire]]
| 19
|
| [[Yarnell Hill Fire]]
| [[Yarnell, Arizona]]
|
|-
|2013
|[[Flood]]
|8
|$1.9 billion
|[[2013 Colorado floods]]
|[[Colorado]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Tornado]]
| 24
| $2 billion
| [[2013 Moore tornado]]
| [[Moore, Oklahoma]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Blizzard]]
| 18
|
| [[February 2013 nor'easter]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
|2012
|[[Wildfire]]
|6
|
|[[2012 Colorado wildfires]]
|[[Colorado]]

|
|-
| 2012
| [[Hurricane]]
| 147
| $75 billion
| [[Hurricane Sandy]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
| 2011
| [[Tornado]]
| 158
| $2.8 billion (2011 USD)
| [[2011 Joplin tornado]]
| [[Joplin, Missouri]]
| part of the [[tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011]]

|-
| 2011
| [[Hurricane]]
| 58
| $14.2 billion (2011 USD)
| [[Hurricane Irene]]
| [[North Carolina]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Vermont]], [[Florida]], [[East Coast of the United States]]
|
|-
| 2011
| [[Tornado]]
| 346
| $11 billion (2011 USD)
| [[2011 Super Outbreak]]
| [[Alabama]], [[Tennessee]], [[Mississippi]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Arkansas]] and [[Virginia]]
| 336 tornadoes

|-
| 2011
| [[Flood]]
| 20
| $2–4 billion<ref>{{cite web|last=Masters|first=Jeffrey|title=Mississippi River flood of 2011 already a $2 billion disaster|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1800|work=Weather Underground|publisher=Jeff Masters' WunderBlog|access-date=May 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Gary|title=Mississippi flood damages could reach billions|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-news/2011/05/11/mississippi-flood-damages-could-reach-billions/|access-date=May 12, 2011|newspaper=Tucson Citizen|date=May 11, 2011|author2=Marisol Bello}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| [[2011 Mississippi River floods]]
| [[Mississippi River Valley]]

|-
| 2010
| [[Blizzard]]
| 13
| $150 million
| [[February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard]]
| 16 states in Eastern US
|
|-
| 2010
| [[Flood]]
| 20
|
| [[June 2010 Arkansas floods]]
| near [[Langley, Arkansas]]
| [[Albert Pike Recreational Area]]
|-
| 2009
| [[Snow storm]]
| 7
| $2 billion
| [[December 2009 North American blizzard]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[New England]], [[Virginia]], [[North Carolina]], [[Atlantic Canada]]
| December 16–20, 2009
|-
| 2009
| [[Tsunami]]
| 31
|
| [[2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami]]
| [[American Samoa]] and nearby islands
| 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 Gustav (2008)|Hurricane Gustav]]
| [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]], [[Texas]], [[Arkansas]], [[Oklahoma]]
|
|-
| 2008
| [[Tornado]]
| 59
| $1.2 billion
| [[2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak]]
| [[Tennessee]], [[Arkansas]], [[Kentucky]], [[Alabama]], and [[Illinois]]
|
|-
| 2007
| [[Wildfire]]
| 14
| ≥$2.393 billion
| [[October 2007 California wildfires]]
| California
| Large fires burned out of control across southern California, fueled by unusually strong [[Santa Ana winds]]; worst around [[San Diego]]; caused evacuation of over one million people. Most fires accidental; some suspected arson.<ref name="losses">{{cite web|url=http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|title=California Wildfire: How Large Can The Losses Be?|author1=Dr. Tomas Girnius|author2=Tyler Hauteniemi|author3=Scott Stransky|publisher=AIRCurrents|date=August 2008|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031708/http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="2007 San Diego firestorms AAR">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/oes/docs/2007_SanDiego_Fire_AAR_Main_Document_FINAL.pdf|title=2007 San Diego County Firestorms After Action Report|author=Walker F. Ekard|publisher=County of San Diego|date=February 2008|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="2007 fire siege">{{cite web |url=http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/siege/2007/Overview_CompleteFinal.pdf |date=8 January 2009|title=California Fire Siege 2007: An Overview |access-date=21 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119041829/http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/siege/2007/Overview_CompleteFinal.pdf|archive-date=19 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-
| 2006
| [[Wildfires]]
| 9
| $226.6 million (2006 USD)
| [[2006 California wildfires]]
| [[Southern California]]
|
|-
| 2006
| [[Snow storm]]
| 19
| $530 million (2006 USD)
| [[Lake Storm "Aphid"]]
| [[Buffalo, New York]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 30
| $21 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Wilma]]
| [[Florida]], [[East Coast of the United States]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 1,836
| $125 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Katrina]]
| Florida, [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 120
| $10 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Rita]]
| [[Louisiana]], [[Texas]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 15
| $2.5 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Dennis (2005)|Hurricane Dennis]]
| [[Florida]], Southeastern U.S
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Tornado]]
| 25
| $92 million
| [[Evansville Tornado of November 2005]]
| [[Missouri]], [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], [[Ohio]]
| 7 tornadoes
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 124
| $19 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Ivan]]
| Texas, Florida, East Coast
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 5
| $7.5 billion
| [[Hurricane Jeanne]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 49
| $9 billion
| [[Hurricane Frances]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 10
| $15 billion
| [[Hurricane Charley]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2003
| [[Hurricane]]
| 51
| $3.6 billion
| [[Hurricane Isabel]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Virginia]], [[Maryland]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|
|-
| 2003
| [[Wildfire]]
| 15
| $1.331 billion
| [[Cedar Fire]]
| California
| The largest and most destructive wildfire recorded in the modern history of [[San Diego County, California|San Diego County]].<ref name="losses">{{cite web|url=http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|title=California Wildfire: How Large Can The Losses Be?|author1=Dr. Tomas Girnius|author2=Tyler Hauteniemi|author3=Scott Stransky|publisher=AIRCurrents|date=August 2008|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031708/http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=memorial>{{cite web|title=Cedar Fire Memorial |url=http://www.lakesidehistory.org/CedarFire/cedar_fire_memorial.htm |website=www.lakesidehistory.org |access-date=5 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623225606/http://www.lakesidehistory.org/CedarFire/cedar_fire_memorial.htm |archive-date=23 June 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| [[Hurricane]]
| 41
| $5.5 billion
| [[Tropical Storm Allison]]
| Texas, [[Louisiana]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Hurricane]]
| 85
| $6.5 billion
| [[Hurricane Floyd]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Atlantic Canada]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Heat wave]]
| 271
|
|
| [[Midwest]] and [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Tornado]]
| 48
| $1.5 billion (2005 USD)
| [[1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak]]
| [[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], Texas, [[Tennessee]]
| 74 tornadoes
|-
| 1998 / 1999
| [[Landslide]]
| 0
| $70 million
| [[Aldercrest-Banyon landslide]]
| [[Kelso, Washington]]
|
|-
| 1998
| [[Blizzard]]
| 30
| $5 million
| [[North American ice storm of 1998]]
| Canada and Northeast
|
|-
| 1997
| [[Flood]]
| 0
| $2 billion
| [[1997 Red River flood]]
| [[North Dakota]], [[Minnesota]], Southern [[Manitoba]]
|
|-
| 1996
| [[Flood]]
| 8
| $500 million
| [[Willamette Valley flood of 1996]]
| [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[Oregon]], [[Idaho]], California
|
|-
| 1995
| [[Heat wave]]
| 739
|
| [[Chicago heat wave of 1995]]
| Chicago, Illinois
|
|-
| 1995
| [[Flood]]
| 6
| $1.36 billion
| [[May 8, 1995 Louisiana flood]]
| [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], area
|
|-
| 1994
| [[Earthquake]]
| 57
| $23 billion
| [[Northridge earthquake]]
| [[Greater Los Angeles area]]
|
|-
| 1993
| [[Blizzard]]
| 79–300
| $6.6 billion
| [[1993 Storm of the Century|Storm of the Century]]
| East Coast of North and Central America
|
|-
| 1993
| [[Flood]]
| 50
| $15 billion
| [[Great Flood of 1993]]
| [[Midwest]]
|
|-
| 1992
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6
| $3.1 billion
| [[Hurricane Iniki]]
| Hawaii
|
|-
| 1992
| [[Hurricane]]
| 26
| $25 billion
| [[Hurricane Andrew]]
| Florida and [[Louisiana]]
|
|-
| 1991
| [[Wildfire]]
| 25
| $1.5 billion
| [[Oakland Hills fire]]
| [[San Francisco Bay Area]], California
|
|-
| 1990
| [[Tornado]]
| 29
| $160 million
| [[1990 Plainfield tornado]]
| [[Plainfield, Illinois]] [[Crest Hill, Illinois]]
|
|-
| 1989
| [[Earthquake]]
| 69
| $6 billion
| [[Loma Prieta earthquake]]
| [[San Francisco Bay Area]], California
|
|-
| 1989
| [[Hurricane]]
| 49
| $7 billion (1989 USD)
| [[Hurricane Hugo]]
| [[Caribbean]] and Eastern North America.
| Damage figure for U.S. only. At least 111 total deaths, with 37 in the continental U.S. and 12 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico.
|-
| 1988
| [[Heat wave]] and [[Drought]]
| 5,000 – 10,000
| $120 billion (2014 USD)
| [[1988-89 North American drought]]
| Widespread; 45% of the nation affected
| Costliest [[natural disaster]] in the [[United States]] prior to [[Hurricane Katrina]].
|-
| 1988
| [[Wildfire]]
| 2
| $240 million
| [[Yellowstone fires of 1988]]
| [[Yellowstone National Park]], Wyoming
| 793,880 acres (36% of the park) was burned in the fires started by lightning.
|-
| 1985
| [[Hurricane]]
| 9
| $1.3 billion
| [[Hurricane Elena]]
| Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
|
|-
| 1985
| [[Hurricane]]
| 14
| $900 million
| [[Hurricane Gloria]]
| New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, New England
|
|-
| 1983
| [[Hurricane]]
| 21
| $3 billion
| [[Hurricane Alicia]]
| Texas
|
|-
| 1980
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6
| $630 million (1980 USD)
| [[Hurricane Allen]]
| South Texas
|
|-
| 1980
| [[Heat wave]]
| 1,700
| $20 billion
| [[1980 United States heat wave]]
| Central and southern states
| Official death toll, may have been higher; damage figure not adjusted for inflation.
|-
| 1980
| [[Volcano]]
| 57
| $1.1 billion
| [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens]]
| [[Washington (state)|Washington state]]
| Damage figure not adjusted for inflation; figure in 2015 dollars is 2,890.
|-
| 1977
| [[Blizzard]]
| 23
| $56.25 billion (1977 USD)
| [[Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977]]
| New York and [[Ontario]] (esp. [[Buffalo, New York]])
|
|-
| 1976
| [[Flood]]
| 145
|
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Big Thompson Canyon flood in Colorado (July 1976)|Big Thompson Canyon Flood of 1976]]
| [[Colorado]]
|
|-
| 1974
| [[Tornado]]
| 315
|
| [[1974 Super Outbreak]]
| [[Ontario]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Michigan]], [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[North Carolina]], [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]] and New York
| 148 tornadoes
|-
| 1972
| [[Flood]]
| 238
| $160 million (1972 USD); $664 million (2002 USD)
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Rapid City, South Dakota Flood – June 1972|1972 Rapid City Flood]]
| [[Rapid City, South Dakota]]
| Average rainfall over area of 60 mi2 measured at 10-{{convert|15|in|mm}}, over 6 hours in middle of night June 9–10, 1972.
|-
| 1971
| [[Earthquake]]
| 65
| $500 million
| [[Sylmar earthquake]]
| [[Greater Los Angeles area]]
|
|-
| 1970
| [[Tornado]]
| 26
| $1.412 billion (2008 USD)
| [[Lubbock Tornado]]
| [[Lubbock, Texas]]
| F5 tornado killed 26 and wounded approximately 500
|-
| 1969
| [[Hurricane]]
| 256
| $1.42 billion
| [[Hurricane Camille]]
| [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]] and [[Virginia]]
|
|-
| 1965
| [[Tornado]]
| 271
|
| [[1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak|Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak]]
| [[Iowa]], [[Ohio]], [[Michigan]], [[Indiana]]
| 78 tornadoes
|-
| 1964
| [[Tsunami]] and [[Earthquake]]
| 115
| $1.8 billion (2006 USD)
| [[Good Friday earthquake]]
| [[Alaska]], Hawaii, [[Oregon]], California, British Columbia
|
|-
| 1960
| [[Tsunami]]
| 61
| $500 million (2005 USD)
| [[Great Chilean earthquake]]
| Hawaii, [[Alaska]]
| 2,290 to 6,600 killed and $3,500 M (2005) in damage worldwide. 61 killed in [[Hilo, Hawaii]]. $500 M in U.S. property damage
|-
| 1957
| [[Tornado]]
| 10
| $26 million
| [[1957 Fargo tornado]]
| [[Fargo, ND]]
|
|-
| 1953
| [[Tornado]]
| 114
|
|
| [[Waco, TX]]
|
|-
| 1951
| [[Flood]]
| 28
| $935 million ($9.21 billion in 2019)
| [[Great Flood of 1951]]
| [[Kansas]] and [[Missouri]]
|
|-
| 1950
| [[Blizzard]]
| 353
| $67 million (1950 USD)
| [[Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950]]
| Eastern US States
|
|-
| 1946
| [[Tsunami]] and [[Earthquake]]
| 165
|
| [[Aleutian Island earthquake]]
| [[Alaska]] and [[Hawaii]]
|
|-
| 1940
| [[Blizzard]]
| 154
| $2 million
| [[Armistice Day Blizzard]]
| North and Central Midwest
| Damage total not adjusted for inflation.
|-
| 1938
| [[Hurricane]]
| 600
|
| [[Great New England Hurricane]]
|
|
|-
| 1938
| [[Flood]]
| 115
|
| [[Los Angeles Flood of 1938]]
| Los Angeles
|
|-
| 1937
| [[Flood]]
| 385
| $500 thousand
| [[Ohio River flood of 1937]]
| [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Indiana]], [[Illinois]]
|
|-
| 1936
| [[Flood]]
| 69
| $250 million ($4.66 billion in 2020)
| [[Pittsburgh Flood 1936]]
| [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], area
|
|-
| 1935
| [[Hurricane]]
| 423
|
| [[Labor Day Hurricane of 1935]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 1931 to 1939
| [[Drought]]
| Unknown
| $1 million (2017 USD)
| [[Dust Bowl]]
| [[Great Plains]]
| Compounded by unsustainable agricultural techniques
|-
| 1928
| [[Hurricane]]
| 3,000
| $800 million (2005 USD)
| [[1928 Okeechobee Hurricane]]
| [[Leeward Islands]], [[Puerto Rico]], the [[Bahamas]], and Florida
| 4,078+ believed dead total. About 2,500 died in Florida and 500 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico.
|-
| 1927
| [[Flood]]
| 246
| $400 million
| [[Great Mississippi Flood of 1927]]
| [[Arkansas]], [[Illinois]], [[Kentucky]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Tennessee]]
|
|-
| 1926
| [[Tornado]]
| 16
|
| [[La Plata, Maryland#Tornado history|La Plata Tornado of 1926]]
| [[La Plata, Maryland]]
| 13 killed in La Plata Elementary School
|-
| 1925
| [[Tornado]]
| 695–727
| $16.5 million; $1.4 billion (1997 USD)
| [[Tri-State Tornado]]
| [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]] and [[Indiana]] ([[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]])
| Lower number for single 3-state tornado; higher for 5-state outbreak
|-
| 1919
| [[Hurricane]]
| 600
|
| [[1919 Florida Keys Hurricane]]
| Florida, Texas
|
|-
| 1918
| [[Wildfire]]
| 453
| $73 million ($1.145 billion in 2015)
| [[1918 Cloquet fire]]
| [[Minnesota]]
| Largest disaster in Minnesota history
|-
| 1913
| [[Flood]]
| 428
|
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Great Flood – March 1913|1913 (Ohio) Statewide Flood]]
| Southwest, Central, and Eastern [[Ohio]]
|
|-
| 1913
| [[Flood]]
| 361
|
| [[Great Dayton Flood]]
| [[Dayton, Ohio]]
| Flood was created by a series of three winter storms that hit the region in March, 1913
|-
| 1913
| [[Blizzard]]
| 250
|
| [[Great Lakes Storm of 1913]]
|
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1913
| Storm
| 250
| $5 million (1913 USD)
| [[Great Lakes Storm of 1913]]
| [[Great Lakes]] area
| Financial impact for lost vessels and cargo only
|-
| 1910
| [[Avalanche]]
| 96
|
| [[Wellington avalanche]]
| [[Wellington, Washington]]
|
|-
| 1906
| [[Earthquake]] and fire (urban conflagration)
| 3,000 – 6,000
|
| [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]]
| [[California]]
| Conflagration followed quake; fatalities estimated
|-
| 1900
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6,000 – 12,000
| $35.4 million; 1.097 billion (2020 USD)
| [[Galveston Hurricane of 1900]]
| [[Texas]]
| Fatalities estimated – remains deadliest natural disaster in North American history.
|-
| 1896
| [[Tornado]]
| 255–400
| $10 million ($307 million in 2019)
| [[St. Louis-East St. Louis tornado]]
| [[Missouri]]
|
|-
| 1894
| [[Wildfire]]
| 418
| $73 million
| [[Great Hinckley Fire]]
| [[Minnesota]]
| Actual death toll likely higher than official death toll of 418.
|-
| 1893
| [[Hurricane]]
| 2,000
|
| [[1893 Cheniere Caminada Hurricane]]
| [[Louisiana]]
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1893
| [[Hurricane]]
| 1,000 – 2,000
|
| [[1893 Sea Islands Hurricane]]
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]]
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1889
| [[Flood]]
| 2,209
| $17 million ($425 million in 2012)
| [[Johnstown Flood]]
| [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]]
| A dam failure caused 20 million tons of water to be unleashed, devastating Johnstown, PA and the surrounding area.
|-
| 1888
| [[Blizzard]]
| ca. 600
|
| [[Great Blizzard of 1888]]
| Northeast
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1888
| [[Cold wave]]
| Unknown
|
| [[1888 Northwest Cold Wave]]
| Northwest
|
|-
| 1871
| [[Wildfire]]
| 1,500 – 2,500
|
| [[Peshtigo fire]]
| [[Wisconsin]]
| Deadliest [[firestorm]] in United States history

|-
| 1862
| [[Flood]]
| >5,000
| $100 million (1862 USD); $262.2 billion (2020 USD)
| [[Great Flood of 1862]]
| [[California]], [[Oregon]], [[Utah]], and the territories that now make up [[Arizona]] and [[Nevada]]
| An [[atmospheric river]] led to 43 continuous days of rain, lasting from December 1861 until January 1862. When it was over, much of California's [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]] was covered with [[inland sea]]s that remained for months; the state's government had to move to [[San Francisco]] as [[Sacramento]] was under 10 feet of water. California nearly went bankrupt due to the costs of the damages and the loss of tax revenues from so many farms and mines; it is considered to be the worst disaster in the state's history.<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/calbk:@field(DOCID+@lit(calbk142div21)): William H. Brewer, '''Up and down California in 1860-1864''', New Haven, Yale University Press, 1930, p. 243]</ref>
|-
| 1816
| [[Famine]] (caused by [[volcano]])
| Unknown
|
| [[Year Without a Summer]]
|
| Volcanic dust from a massive eruption by [[Mount Tambora]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] (present [[Indonesia]]) in 1815 led to an abnormally cold summer in 1816 in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Cold weather inhibited crops, and [[frost]]s and [[snowstorm]]s killed what did grow, leading to a localized [[famine]].
|}

==See also==
* [[List of disasters in the United States by death toll]]
* [[List of wildfires in the United States]]
* [[:Category:Lists of tropical cyclones in the United States]]

== References ==
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This '''list of United States natural disasters''' is a list of notable [[natural disaster]]s that occurred in the [[United States]] after 1816. Due to inflation, the monetary damage estimates are not comparable. Unless otherwise noted, the year given is the year in which the currency's valuation was calculated. References can be found in the associated articles noted.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Year
!Disaster
!data-sort-type=number|Death toll
!Damage cost [[United States dollar|US$]]
!Main article
!Location
!Notes

|-
|2021
|[[Wildfire]]
|2
|$2.3 million
|[[2021 Kansas wildfire outbreak]]
|[[Kansas]]
|On December 15, 2021, a wildfire siege began in Western and Central Kansas due to blustering winds and drought. More than 10 wildfires were reported with an estimated burned area of more than 163,000+ acres. The wildfire outbreak resulted in the deaths of two individuals and the injuries of 3 others. More than 42 structures were destroyed during the outbreak, mainly in the cities of [[Paradise, Kansas|Paradise]] and [[Waldo, Kansas|Waldo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2 dead in Kansas wildfires fueled by windy, dry weather |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dead-kansas-wildfires-fueled-windy-dry-weather-81823498 |website=[[ABC News]] |publisher=Margaret Stafford |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kansas community previously devastated by fires helps out those currently struggling |url=https://www.ksn.com/news/local/the-community-previously-devastated-by-fires-helps-out-those-currently-struggling/ |website=[[KSNW]] |publisher=Jessica Watson |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|[[Tornado]]
|90
|
|[[Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021]]
|[[Kentucky]], [[Illinois]], [[Tennessee]], [[Missouri]], [[Arkansas]]
|A rare late-season tornado outbreak devastated states across the mid-south midwest, causing widespread damage and fatalities. [[Kentucky]] was particularly hard hit, with 75 fatalities occurring in the state. There were also 3 non-tornadic fatalities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59623970|title=Kentucky tornadoes: Desperate search for survivors as death toll rises|website=BBC|access-date=December 12, 2021|date=December 12, 2021|archive-date=December 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211230325/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59623970|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Jamie McGee |author2=Laura Faith Kebede |author3=Campbell Robertson |title=Tornadoes Tear Through South and Midwest, With at Least 70 Dead in Kentucky |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/kentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html#aoh=16393087793200&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F12%2F11%2Fus%2Fkentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html |access-date=13 December 2021 |agency=[[The New York Times]] |date=11 December 2021 |location=Mayfield, Kentucky |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212124603/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/kentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html#aoh=16393087793200&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F12%2F11%2Fus%2Fkentucky-deadly-tornadoes.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-
|2021
|[[Hurricane]]
|115
|$65.25 billion
|[[Hurricane Ida]]
|[[United States]] (especially in [[Louisiana]], [[New Jersey]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Northeastern United States]]), [[Cuba]], [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], [[Jamaica]]
|After causing widespread destruction along the Gulf Coast, (specifically [[Louisiana]]), Ida moved north, spawned a [[Hurricane Ida tornado outbreak|destructive tornado outbreak]], and caused massive flooding in many Northeastern states such as [[New York State|New York]], [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]]. Ida is now the [[List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes|sixth-costliest]] tropical cyclone on record.<ref name="AON September 2021">{{cite report|url=http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/Documents/20210012-analytics-if-september-global-recap.pdf|title=Global Catastrophe Recap September 2021|date=October 12, 2021|publisher=[[Aon (company)|Aon Benfield]]|pages=11, 13|access-date=October 12, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
|2021
|[[Winter storm]]
|237
| ≥ $196.5 billion<ref name="Uri AAR">{{cite report|url=https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/HSEM/2021-Winter-Storm-Uri-AAR-Findings-Report.pdf|title=2021 Winter Storm Uri After-Action Review: Findings Report|author=|publisher=City of Austin & Travis County|date=November 4, 2021|accessdate=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105210936/https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/HSEM/2021-Winter-Storm-Uri-AAR-Findings-Report.pdf|archive-date=November 5, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AON September 2021" />
|[[February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm]]
|[[United States]] (especially in [[Texas]], northern [[Mexico]])
|While the storm was widespread across the U.S., [[Mexico]], and parts of [[Canada]], the worst was in Texas, causing the [[2021 Texas power crisis]], as the energy infrastructure was unprepared for the freezing temperatures. 237 deaths ({{as of|2021|07|14|df=US|lc=y}}), including 223 in the United States and 14 in Mexico.<ref name="goes up to 210">{{cite news|url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2021/07/14/403191/texas-winter-storm-death-toll-goes-up-to-210-including-43-deaths-in-harris-county/|title=Texas Winter Storm Death Toll Goes Up To 210, Including 43 Deaths In Harris County|author=Andrew Weber|work=Houston Public Media|date=July 14, 2021|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Uri weather.com">{{Cite web|title=Houston Faces Dire Water Issues as Power Outages, Cold Push Texans To Their Limits|url=https://weather.com/news/news/2021-02-17-texas-water-power-outages-snow-ice-weather-south|website=weather.com|language=en-US|author=Jan Wesner Childs|publisher=[[The Weather Company]]|date=February 18, 2021|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="man killed">{{Cite web|author=|date=February 15, 2021|title=Man killed in crash involving semi-truck in northern Oklahoma|url=https://www.koco.com/article/person-killed-in-crash-involving-semi-truck-in-northern-oklahoma/35502828|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=KOCO News|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Mexico deaths">{{cite news|title=20 deaths blamed on cold weather in north as another front moves in|url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/20-deaths-blamed-on-cold-weather-in-north-as-another-front-moves-in/|website=Mexico News Daily|date=February 19, 2021|access-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Wildfire]]
|47
|≥$19.884 billion
|[[2020 Western United States wildfire season]]
|[[Western United States]]
| One of the most destructive wildfire seasons recorded in the Western United States.<ref name="NOAA billions">{{cite web|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/events|title=Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Table of Events|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]|date=December 2020|access-date=March 26, 2021}}</ref><ref name="2020 Large Incident Report">{{cite report|title=2020 National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report|work=Geographic Area Coordination Center|url=https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|publisher=[[National Interagency Fire Center]]|date=December 21, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229021815/https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|archive-date=December 29, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Wildfire]]
|31
|≥$12.079 billion
|[[2020 California wildfires]]
|[[California]]
| The largest and the third-most destructive wildfire season on record in California.<ref name="2020 California fire season damage">{{cite web|url=https://abc7news.com/california-wildfires-cost-of-cal-fire-stanford-wildfire-research/6897462/|title=Damage from California's wildfires estimated at $10 billion, experts say|website=abc7news.com|author=David Louie|publisher=ABC, Inc.|date=October 9, 2020|access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref><ref name="2020 Large Incident Report" />

|-
|2020
|[[Derecho]]
|4
|$11 billion
|[[August 2020 Midwest derecho]]
|[[Midwestern United States]]
|The severe derecho affected the states of [[Iowa]], [[Illinois]], [[Nebraska]], [[Indiana]], and [[Wisconsin]]. The derecho caused high winds and spawned an outbreak of a couple tornadoes. The derecho also caused the state of Iowa to lose approximately 550,000 acres of corn harvest. The highest winds recorded from the derecho was about 140 mph in [[Cedar Rapids]], Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Midwest Derecho - August 10, 2020, Updated: 10/8/20 12 pm |url=https://www.weather.gov/dvn/summary_081020 |website=weather.gov |publisher=National Weather Servic & NOAA |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|≥211 killed, 120 missing
|$7.9 billion
|[[Hurricane Eta]]
|[[Colombia]], [[Jamaica]], [[Central America]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[The Bahamas]], [[Southeastern United States]]
| Long-lived tropical cyclone that made four landfalls. Caused significant amounts of destruction, especially in Central America.<ref name="AonNovember">{{cite web |title=Global Catastrophe Recap November 2020 |url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201210_analytics-if-november-global-recap.pdf |publisher=[[Aon (company)|Aon]] |date=December 10, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|8
|$3.6 billion
|[[Hurricane Zeta]]
|[[Cayman Islands]], [[Jamaica]], [[Central America]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic]], [[New England]], [[Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Aon Benfield October 2020">{{cite web|title=Global Catastrophe Recap – October 2020|url=http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/documents/20201111_analytics-if-october-global-recap.pdf|work=[[Aon (company)|Aon Benfield]]|date=November 11, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021|pages=4}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|6
|$3.086 billion
|[[Hurricane Delta]]
|[[Jamaica]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Northeastern United States]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Aon Benfield October 2020" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|8
|$7.3 billion
|[[Hurricane Sally]]
|[[The Bahamas]], [[Cuba]], [[U.S. Gulf Coast]], [[Southeastern United States]], [[Norway]]
| Sally did not have its name retired, making it the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the North Atlantic that did not have its name retired.<ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="no longer">{{cite web|url=https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/03/wmo-atlantic-hurricanes-no-longer-to-receive-names-from-greek-alphabet/|title=WMO: Atlantic hurricanes no longer to receive names from Greek alphabet|author=Jeff Masters|publisher=Yale Climate Connections|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021}}</ref><ref name="strong candidates">{{Cite web|title=These 2019 and 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Names Were Not Retired, But Were Strong Candidates {{!}} The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel {{!}} weather.com|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2021-03-19-atlantic-names-not-retired-2019-2020|access-date=2021-03-21|website=The Weather Channel|language=en-US}}</ref>

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|77
|$19.1 billion
|[[Hurricane Laura]]
|[[Lesser Antilles]], [[Greater Antilles]], [[The Bahamas]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[Midwestern United States]], [[Eastern United States]]
| Tied with the [[1856 Last Island hurricane]] as the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the state of [[Louisiana]], in terms of [[maximum sustained winds]].<ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="AonNovember" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|18
|$4.725 billion
|[[Hurricane Isaias]]
|[[West Africa]], [[Lesser Antilles]], [[Greater Antilles]], [[The Bahamas]], [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Eastern Canada]]
| Caused the [[Hurricane Isaias tornado outbreak|worst tropical cyclone-spawned tornado outbreak]] since [[Hurricane Rita]] in 2005.<ref name="NCdeaths">{{cite news |title=At least 2 people dead, 3 missing after tornado touches down in Bertie County |url=https://abc11.com/nc-tornado-bertie-county-hurricane-isaias-tropical-storm/6352664/ |access-date=4 August 2020 |work=ABC11 Raleigh-Durham |date=4 August 2020 |language=en |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807080141/https://abc11.com/nc-tornado-bertie-county-hurricane-isaias-tropical-storm/6352664/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NOAA billions" /><ref name="Global Catastrophe Report August 2020">{{cite web|url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201109_analytics-if-august-global-recap.pdf|title=Global Catastrophe Report 2020|author=AON|publisher=AON|date=September 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914230959/http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201109_analytics-if-august-global-recap.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Isaias did not have its name retired following the season, making Isaias the third-costliest Atlantic hurricane that didn't have its name retired.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-17|title=Greek alphabet retired for hurricane names; 'Isaias' still available|url=https://www.wpri.com/weather/hurricane-names-greek-alphabet-retired-isaias-not-retired/|access-date=2021-03-17|website=WPRI.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="no longer" /><ref name="strong candidates" />

|-
|2020
|[[Hurricane]]
|9
|$1.2 billion
|[[Hurricane Hanna (2020)|Hurricane Hanna]]
|[[Cuba]], [[Hispaniola]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]] (mainly [[Texas]]), [[Mexico]]
| <ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
|2019
|[[Tropical cyclone|Tropical storm]]
|7
|$5 billion
|[[Tropical Storm Imelda]]
|Texas, [[Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Arkansas]]
| The fifth-wettest tropical cyclone recorded in the [[Contiguous United States]].<ref name="Imelda TCR">{{cite report|last1=Latto |first1=Andy |last2=Berg |first2=Robbie |title=Tropical Storm Imelda |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL112019_Imelda.pdf |type=Tropical Cyclone Report |publisher=National Hurricane Center |access-date=February 1, 2021 |location=Miami, Florida |date=February 7, 2020}}</ref> Imelda's name was not retired, making it the second-costliest Atlantic tropical cyclone name on record to not be retired.<ref name="no longer" /><ref name="no retirement">{{cite web|url=https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2021/03/19/no-retirement-for-imelda/|title=No Retirement for "Imelda"|author1=Amanda Cochran|author2=Frank Billingsly|publisher=Click2Houston|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=These 2019 and 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Names Were Not Retired, But Were Strong Candidates {{!}} The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel {{!}} weather.com|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2021-03-19-atlantic-names-not-retired-2019-2020|access-date=2021-03-21|website=The Weather Channel|language=en-US}}</ref>

|-
|2019
|[[Earthquake]]
|1 killed, 25 injured
|$5.3 billion
|[[2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes]]
|[[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Arizona]]
| Three earthquakes struck California between July 4 and July 5. The main earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude, as two others were 5.4 and 6.4 magnitudes. At least one was killed and several others were injured. The main earthquake was the strongest earthquake to hit the region in [[1999 Hector Mine earthquake|20 years]].<ref name="wapo">{{cite report|work=Washington Post|date=July 6, 2019|access-date=July 8, 2021|title=California had its largest earthquake in years — then an even bigger one hit|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/06/california-earthquake/}}</ref>

|-
|2019
|[[Hurricane]]
|84 killed, 245 missing
|$5.1 billion
|[[Hurricane Dorian]]
|[[Lesser Antilles]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[The Bahamas]] (especially the [[Abaco Islands]] and [[Grand Bahama]]), [[Eastern United States]] (especially [[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]], and [[North Carolina]]), [[Eastern Canada]]
| The costliest tropical cyclone recorded in the Bahamas. The storm stalled over [[Grand Bahama]] for a day.<ref name="TCR">{{cite report|author=Lixion Avila, Stacy Stewart, Robbie Berg, and Andrew Hagen|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=April 20, 2020|access-date=April 29, 2020|title=Hurricane Dorian (AL052019)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL052019_Dorian.pdf}}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Wildfire]]
|97
|≥$26.347 billion
|[[2018 California wildfires]]
|California
| The deadliest and most destructive wildfire season on record in California.<ref name="25.4 billion">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-28/california-fire-damages-already-at-25-4-billion-and-counting|title=California Fire Damage Estimated at $25.4 Billion|author1=Nic Querolo|author2=Brian K. Sullivan|publisher=Bloomberg|date=October 29, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name="LATimes Costliest">{{Cite news |last=Reyes-Velarde |first=Alejandra |date=January 11, 2019 |title=California's Camp fire was the costliest global disaster last year, insurance report shows |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-camp-fire-insured-losses-20190111-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Woolsey Fire cost">{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/california/malibu/6-billion-real-estate-destroyed-woolsey-fire-report|title=$6 Billion In Real Estate Destroyed In Woolsey Fire: Report|author=Emily Holland|website=patch.com|publisher=Patch Media|date=November 28, 2018|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref><ref name="2018 LargeIncidentReport">{{cite web|url=https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|title=2018 National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report|publisher=[[National Interagency Fire Center]]|date=November 9, 2018|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214408/hhttps://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/NationalLargeIncidentYTDReport.pdf|archive-date=July 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="suppression costs climb">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/10/more-companies-are-flagging-wildfire-risk-as-suppression-costs-climb.html#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20costs%20center,allotted%20in%20the%20state's%20budget.|title=A rising number of US companies are flagging wildfire risk as suppression costs climb|author=J. R. Reed|publisher=CNBC|date=November 12, 2019|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Wildfire]]
|85
|$16.5 billion
|[[Camp Fire (2018)|Camp Fire]]
|California
|The worst fire in California history destroyed more than 18,000 structures in [[Northern California]]. It was fueled by large dry [[List of national forests of the United States|national forests]] and was started by electrical transmission lines.

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|74
|$25.5 billion
|[[Hurricane Michael]]
|[[Central America]], [[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[Southeastern United States]] (especially the [[Florida Panhandle]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]), [[Eastern United States]], [[Eastern Canada]], [[Iberian Peninsula]]
| The third-most intense landfalling tropical cyclone recorded in the United States.<ref name="Michael TCR">{{cite report |last1=Beven |first1=John |last2=Berg |first2=Robbie |last3=Hagen |first3=Andrew |title=Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Michael |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf |publisher=National Hurricane Center |access-date=17 August 2020 |date=17 May 2019 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729102708/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|54
|$24.23 billion
|[[Hurricane Florence]]
|[[West Africa]], [[Cape Verde]], [[Bermuda]], [[East Coast of the United States]] (especially the [[Carolinas]]), [[Atlantic Canada]]
| Wettest tropical cyclone recorded in the Carolinas.<ref name="Florence TCR">{{cite report|author=Stacy Stewart and Robbie Berg|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=May 30, 2019|access-date=September 18, 2019|title=Hurricane Florence (AL062018)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062018_Florence.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002160858/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062018_Florence.pdf|archive-date=October 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
|2018
|[[Hurricane]]
|1
|>$250 million
|[[Hurricane Lane]]
|[[Hawaii]]
| Wettest tropical cyclone recorded in Hawaii.<ref>{{cite report|publisher=AON Benfield|date=December 2018|access-date=March 28, 2020|title=Global Catastrophe Recap: December 2018|url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com/Documents/20190118-ab-if-december-global-recap.pdf|page=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201223723/http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20190118-ab-if-december-global-recap.pdf|archive-date=February 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Wildfire]]
|47
|≥$18 billion
|[[2017 California wildfires]]
|California
| The second-most destructive wildfire season on record in California (behind only [[2018 California wildfires|2018]]).<ref name="13.2 billion">{{cite web|url=http://www.artemis.bm/blog/2018/01/25/california-wildfire-industry-losses-put-at-13-2bn-by-aon-benfield/|title=California wildfire industry losses put at $13.2bn by Aon Benfield|publisher=Artemis.bm|date=January 25, 2018|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name="spent">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-wildfire-costs-20180301-story.html|title=California spent nearly $1.8 billion last year fighting major wildfires|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 1, 2018|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Wildfire]]
|0
|$15 million
|[[Goodwin Fire]]
|[[Arizona]]
|Started in the Bradshaw Mountains near [[Mayer, Arizona]]. The fire caused the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office and the Mayer Fire Department to close parts of [[State Route 69 (Arizona)|Highway 69]] between Mayer and [[Dewey-Humboldt]]. 100+ people had to be evacuated from Mayer and other close communities outside of Mayer also had to be evacuated such as [[Spring Valley, Arizona|Spring Valley]] and [[Cordes Lakes, Arizona|Cordes Lakes]]. The fire started on June 24, 2017 and it reached 100% containment on July 10.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goodwin Fire now 100% contained |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t63k9 |website=dailymotion.com |publisher=ABC15 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> 5 homes were destroyed and 2 others were damaged.<ref>{{cite web |title=One year anniversary of Goodwin Fire |url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/one-year-anniversary-of-goodwin-fire |website=fox10phoenix.com |publisher=FOX10 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Hurricane]]
|3,059
|$91.619 billion
|[[Hurricane Maria]]
|[[Florida]] and [[Puerto Rico]]
| Maria struck Puerto Rico as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to the US island due to extremely powerful winds and devastating floods. The hurricane also knocked out the entire power grid, triggering a near total island blackout. The lack of aid after the disaster caused a [[humanitarian crisis]], the worst in the US since [[Hurricane Katrina]], which lasted several months and had a dramatic effect on Puerto Rico's population.

|-
|2017
|[[Hurricane]]
|134
|$77.16 billion
|[[Hurricane Irma]]
|[[Florida]], [[South Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| Irma ravaged the northern [[Leeward Islands]] as an extremely powerful Category 5 hurricane before making landfall in the [[Florida Keys]] as a Category 4 hurricane, and in the mainland as a Category 3 hurricane. Irma caused widespread damage in Florida due to high winds and destructive floods. The Florida Keys were hit the hardest, with the vast majority of infrastructure there receiving some degree of damage, and at least 25% receiving major damage. Hurricane Irma also knocked out power to 73% of the state, or 7.7 million homes and businesses.

|-
|2017
|[[Hurricane]] and [[Flood]]
|107
|$125 billion
|[[Hurricane Harvey]]
|[[Texas]], [[Louisiana]], [[Alabama]]
| Harvey made landfall in Southwestern Texas as a Category 4 hurricane. Most of the damage from Harvey occurred after it had weakened, due to extreme prolonged rains dropping several feet of water that triggered unprecedented floods in a large swath of Southeastern Texas, with the worst of the flooding occurring in [[Houston]].

|-
|2017
|[[Winter storm]] and [[flood]]
|5
|$1.55 billion
|[[2017 California floods]]
|California
| Caused by a series of storms that led to California's wettest rainy season on record, in modern history.<ref name="2017 could tie records">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/10/18/2017-could-tie-record-billion-dollar-disasters-year-heres-why/763406001/|title=2017 could tie record for billion-dollar disasters in a year. Here's why.|author1=Doyle Rice|author2=Jim Sergent|author3=George Petras|author4=Janet Loehrke|publisher=USA Today Weather|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref><ref name="billion-dollar disasters">{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2017-10-20-billion-dollar-weather-disasters-united-states-record-tied|title=16 Billion-Dollar Disasters Have Impacted the U.S. This Year, Tying an All-Time Record, Thanks to the California Wildfires|author=Linda Lam|publisher=The Weather Company, LLC|date=October 31, 2017|access-date=November 4, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Big Sur landslide">{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/science/environment/news/2019-02-19-big-sur-catastrophic-landslide-drought-deluge|title=California's Big Sur's $54 Million 'Catastrophic Landslide' a Result of Drought Followed by Deluge, Scientists Say|publisher=The Weather Company|date=February 19, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>

|-
|2017
|[[Flood]]
|10
|
|[[2017 Payson flash floods]]
|[[Arizona]]
|One of the deadliest floods to ever hit [[Gila County, Arizona]]

|-
|2016
|[[Wildfire]]
|14
|$990 million
|[[2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires]]
|[[Tennessee]]
| Destroyed nearly 2,000 structures; burned nearly 18,000 acres.

|-
|2016
|[[Hurricane]]
|49
|$15.090 billion
|[[Hurricane Matthew]]
|[[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[The Carolinas]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Flood]]
|13
|
|[[2016 Louisiana floods]]
|[[Louisiana]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Flood]]
|23
|
|[[2016 West Virginia flood]]
|[[West Virginia]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Blizzard]]
|55
|≥$500 million – $3 billion
|[[January 2016 United States blizzard]]
|Southeast through the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast
|Snowfall totals in excess of two feet (61 cm)

|-
|2015
|[[Flood]]
|25
|$2 billion
|[[October 2015 North American storm complex]]
|Carolinas
| Channeled moisture from [[Hurricane Joaquin]] into the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic states]]. Caused the worst flooding recorded in the Carolinas prior to [[Hurricane Florence]] in 2018.<ref name="NOAA billions" />

|-
| 2015
| [[Flood]]
| 20
|
| [[2015 Utah floods]]
| [[Utah]]
|
|-
| 2015
| [[Wildfire]]
| 3
| $8 billion
| [[Okanogan Complex fire]]
| [[Okanogan County, Washington]]
| Damage figure includes costs involved in the fighting of the fire.

|-
| 2015
| [[Flood]]
| 46
|
| [[2015 Texas–Oklahoma floods]]
| Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Snow storm]]
| 24
|
| [[November 17–21, 2014 North American winter storm|November 2014 North American winter storm]]
| [[Buffalo, New York]], Great Lakes region
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Tornado]]
| 35
| $1 billion
| [[Tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014|April 2014 tornado outbreak]]
| [[Nebraska]], [[Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Illinois]], [[Florida]], [[North Carolina]]
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Mudflow]]
| 43
|
| [[2014 Oso mudslide]]
| [[Oso, Washington]]
|
|-
| 2013 / 2014
| [[Cold wave]]
| 21
|
| [[Early 2014 North American cold wave]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Wildfire]]
| 19
|
| [[Yarnell Hill Fire]]
| [[Yarnell, Arizona]]
|
|-
|2013
|[[Flood]]
|8
|$1.9 billion
|[[2013 Colorado floods]]
|[[Colorado]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Tornado]]
| 24
| $2 billion
| [[2013 Moore tornado]]
| [[Moore, Oklahoma]]
|
|-
| 2013
| [[Blizzard]]
| 18
|
| [[February 2013 nor'easter]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
|2012
|[[Wildfire]]
|6
|
|[[2012 Colorado wildfires]]
|[[Colorado]]

|
|-
| 2012
| [[Hurricane]]
| 147
| $75 billion
| [[Hurricane Sandy]]
| [[Eastern US]]
|
|-
| 2011
| [[Tornado]]
| 158
| $2.8 billion (2011 USD)
| [[2011 Joplin tornado]]
| [[Joplin, Missouri]]
| part of the [[tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011]]

|-
| 2011
| [[Hurricane]]
| 58
| $14.2 billion (2011 USD)
| [[Hurricane Irene]]
| [[North Carolina]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Vermont]], [[Florida]], [[East Coast of the United States]]
|
|-
| 2011
| [[Tornado]]
| 346
| $11 billion (2011 USD)
| [[2011 Super Outbreak]]
| [[Alabama]], [[Tennessee]], [[Mississippi]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Arkansas]] and [[Virginia]]
| 336 tornadoes

|-
| 2011
| [[Flood]]
| 20
| $2–4 billion<ref>{{cite web|last=Masters|first=Jeffrey|title=Mississippi River flood of 2011 already a $2 billion disaster|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1800|work=Weather Underground|publisher=Jeff Masters' WunderBlog|access-date=May 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Gary|title=Mississippi flood damages could reach billions|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-news/2011/05/11/mississippi-flood-damages-could-reach-billions/|access-date=May 12, 2011|newspaper=Tucson Citizen|date=May 11, 2011|author2=Marisol Bello}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| [[2011 Mississippi River floods]]
| [[Mississippi River Valley]]

|-
| 2010
| [[Blizzard]]
| 13
| $150 million
| [[February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard]]
| 16 states in Eastern US
|
|-
| 2010
| [[Flood]]
| 20
|
| [[June 2010 Arkansas floods]]
| near [[Langley, Arkansas]]
| [[Albert Pike Recreational Area]]
|-
| 2009
| [[Snow storm]]
| 7
| $2 billion
| [[December 2009 North American blizzard]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[New England]], [[Virginia]], [[North Carolina]], [[Atlantic Canada]]
| December 16–20, 2009
|-
| 2009
| [[Tsunami]]
| 31
|
| [[2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami]]
| [[American Samoa]] and nearby islands
| 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 Gustav (2008)|Hurricane Gustav]]
| [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]], [[Texas]], [[Arkansas]], [[Oklahoma]]
|
|-
| 2008
| [[Tornado]]
| 59
| $1.2 billion
| [[2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak]]
| [[Tennessee]], [[Arkansas]], [[Kentucky]], [[Alabama]], and [[Illinois]]
|
|-
| 2007
| [[Wildfire]]
| 14
| ≥$2.393 billion
| [[October 2007 California wildfires]]
| California
| Large fires burned out of control across southern California, fueled by unusually strong [[Santa Ana winds]]; worst around [[San Diego]]; caused evacuation of over one million people. Most fires accidental; some suspected arson.<ref name="losses">{{cite web|url=http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|title=California Wildfire: How Large Can The Losses Be?|author1=Dr. Tomas Girnius|author2=Tyler Hauteniemi|author3=Scott Stransky|publisher=AIRCurrents|date=August 2008|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031708/http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="2007 San Diego firestorms AAR">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/oes/docs/2007_SanDiego_Fire_AAR_Main_Document_FINAL.pdf|title=2007 San Diego County Firestorms After Action Report|author=Walker F. Ekard|publisher=County of San Diego|date=February 2008|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="2007 fire siege">{{cite web |url=http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/siege/2007/Overview_CompleteFinal.pdf |date=8 January 2009|title=California Fire Siege 2007: An Overview |access-date=21 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119041829/http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/siege/2007/Overview_CompleteFinal.pdf|archive-date=19 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-
| 2006
| [[Wildfires]]
| 9
| $226.6 million (2006 USD)
| [[2006 California wildfires]]
| [[Southern California]]
|
|-
| 2006
| [[Snow storm]]
| 19
| $530 million (2006 USD)
| [[Lake Storm "Aphid"]]
| [[Buffalo, New York]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 30
| $21 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Wilma]]
| [[Florida]], [[East Coast of the United States]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 1,836
| $125 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Katrina]]
| Florida, [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 120
| $10 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Rita]]
| [[Louisiana]], [[Texas]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Hurricane]]
| 15
| $2.5 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Dennis (2005)|Hurricane Dennis]]
| [[Florida]], Southeastern U.S
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Tornado]]
| 25
| $92 million
| [[Evansville Tornado of November 2005]]
| [[Missouri]], [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], [[Ohio]]
| 7 tornadoes
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 124
| $19 billion (2005 USD)
| [[Hurricane Ivan]]
| Texas, Florida, East Coast
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 5
| $7.5 billion
| [[Hurricane Jeanne]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 49
| $9 billion
| [[Hurricane Frances]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Hurricane]]
| 10
| $15 billion
| [[Hurricane Charley]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 2003
| [[Hurricane]]
| 51
| $3.6 billion
| [[Hurricane Isabel]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Virginia]], [[Maryland]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|
|-
| 2003
| [[Wildfire]]
| 15
| $1.331 billion
| [[Cedar Fire]]
| California
| The largest and most destructive wildfire recorded in the modern history of [[San Diego County, California|San Diego County]].<ref name="losses">{{cite web|url=http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|title=California Wildfire: How Large Can The Losses Be?|author1=Dr. Tomas Girnius|author2=Tyler Hauteniemi|author3=Scott Stransky|publisher=AIRCurrents|date=August 2008|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031708/http://air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/001563/AIRCurrents_CaliWildfires.pdf|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=memorial>{{cite web|title=Cedar Fire Memorial |url=http://www.lakesidehistory.org/CedarFire/cedar_fire_memorial.htm |website=www.lakesidehistory.org |access-date=5 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623225606/http://www.lakesidehistory.org/CedarFire/cedar_fire_memorial.htm |archive-date=23 June 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| [[Hurricane]]
| 41
| $5.5 billion
| [[Tropical Storm Allison]]
| Texas, [[Louisiana]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Hurricane]]
| 85
| $6.5 billion
| [[Hurricane Floyd]]
| [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Atlantic Canada]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Heat wave]]
| 271
|
|
| [[Midwest]] and [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Tornado]]
| 48
| $1.5 billion (2005 USD)
| [[1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak]]
| [[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], Texas, [[Tennessee]]
| 74 tornadoes
|-
| 1998 / 1999
| [[Landslide]]
| 0
| $70 million
| [[Aldercrest-Banyon landslide]]
| [[Kelso, Washington]]
|
|-
| 1998
| [[Blizzard]]
| 30
| $5 million
| [[North American ice storm of 1998]]
| Canada and Northeast
|
|-
| 1997
| [[Flood]]
| 0
| $2 billion
| [[1997 Red River flood]]
| [[North Dakota]], [[Minnesota]], Southern [[Manitoba]]
|
|-
| 1996
| [[Flood]]
| 8
| $500 million
| [[Willamette Valley flood of 1996]]
| [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[Oregon]], [[Idaho]], California
|
|-
| 1995
| [[Heat wave]]
| 739
|
| [[Chicago heat wave of 1995]]
| Chicago, Illinois
|
|-
| 1995
| [[Flood]]
| 6
| $1.36 billion
| [[May 8, 1995 Louisiana flood]]
| [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], area
|
|-
| 1994
| [[Earthquake]]
| 57
| $23 billion
| [[Northridge earthquake]]
| [[Greater Los Angeles area]]
|
|-
| 1993
| [[Blizzard]]
| 79–300
| $6.6 billion
| [[1993 Storm of the Century|Storm of the Century]]
| East Coast of North and Central America
|
|-
| 1993
| [[Flood]]
| 50
| $15 billion
| [[Great Flood of 1993]]
| [[Midwest]]
|
|-
| 1992
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6
| $3.1 billion
| [[Hurricane Iniki]]
| Hawaii
|
|-
| 1992
| [[Hurricane]]
| 26
| $25 billion
| [[Hurricane Andrew]]
| Florida and [[Louisiana]]
|
|-
| 1991
| [[Wildfire]]
| 25
| $1.5 billion
| [[Oakland Hills fire]]
| [[San Francisco Bay Area]], California
|
|-
| 1990
| [[Tornado]]
| 29
| $160 million
| [[1990 Plainfield tornado]]
| [[Plainfield, Illinois]] [[Crest Hill, Illinois]]
|
|-
| 1989
| [[Earthquake]]
| 69
| $6 billion
| [[Loma Prieta earthquake]]
| [[San Francisco Bay Area]], California
|
|-
| 1989
| [[Hurricane]]
| 49
| $7 billion (1989 USD)
| [[Hurricane Hugo]]
| [[Caribbean]] and Eastern North America.
| Damage figure for U.S. only. At least 111 total deaths, with 37 in the continental U.S. and 12 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico.
|-
| 1988
| [[Heat wave]] and [[Drought]]
| 5,000 – 10,000
| $120 billion (2014 USD)
| [[1988-89 North American drought]]
| Widespread; 45% of the nation affected
| Costliest [[natural disaster]] in the [[United States]] prior to [[Hurricane Katrina]].
|-
| 1988
| [[Wildfire]]
| 2
| $240 million
| [[Yellowstone fires of 1988]]
| [[Yellowstone National Park]], Wyoming
| 793,880 acres (36% of the park) was burned in the fires started by lightning.
|-
| 1985
| [[Hurricane]]
| 9
| $1.3 billion
| [[Hurricane Elena]]
| Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
|
|-
| 1985
| [[Hurricane]]
| 14
| $900 million
| [[Hurricane Gloria]]
| New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, New England
|
|-
| 1983
| [[Hurricane]]
| 21
| $3 billion
| [[Hurricane Alicia]]
| Texas
|
|-
| 1980
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6
| $630 million (1980 USD)
| [[Hurricane Allen]]
| South Texas
|
|-
| 1980
| [[Heat wave]]
| 1,700
| $20 billion
| [[1980 United States heat wave]]
| Central and southern states
| Official death toll, may have been higher; damage figure not adjusted for inflation.
|-
| 1980
| [[Volcano]]
| 57
| $1.1 billion
| [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens]]
| [[Washington (state)|Washington state]]
| Damage figure not adjusted for inflation; figure in 2015 dollars is 2,890.
|-
| 1977
| [[Blizzard]]
| 23
| $56.25 billion (1977 USD)
| [[Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977]]
| New York and [[Ontario]] (esp. [[Buffalo, New York]])
|
|-
| 1976
| [[Flood]]
| 145
|
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Big Thompson Canyon flood in Colorado (July 1976)|Big Thompson Canyon Flood of 1976]]
| [[Colorado]]
|
|-
| 1974
| [[Tornado]]
| 315
|
| [[1974 Super Outbreak]]
| [[Ontario]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Michigan]], [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[North Carolina]], [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]] and New York
| 148 tornadoes
|-
| 1972
| [[Flood]]
| 238
| $160 million (1972 USD); $664 million (2002 USD)
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Rapid City, South Dakota Flood – June 1972|1972 Rapid City Flood]]
| [[Rapid City, South Dakota]]
| Average rainfall over area of 60 mi2 measured at 10-{{convert|15|in|mm}}, over 6 hours in middle of night June 9–10, 1972.
|-
| 1971
| [[Earthquake]]
| 65
| $500 million
| [[Sylmar earthquake]]
| [[Greater Los Angeles area]]
|
|-
| 1970
| [[Tornado]]
| 26
| $1.412 billion (2008 USD)
| [[Lubbock Tornado]]
| [[Lubbock, Texas]]
| F5 tornado killed 26 and wounded approximately 500
|-
| 1969
| [[Hurricane]]
| 256
| $1.42 billion
| [[Hurricane Camille]]
| [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]] and [[Virginia]]
|
|-
| 1965
| [[Tornado]]
| 271
|
| [[1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak|Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak]]
| [[Iowa]], [[Ohio]], [[Michigan]], [[Indiana]]
| 78 tornadoes
|-
| 1964
| [[Tsunami]] and [[Earthquake]]
| 115
| $1.8 billion (2006 USD)
| [[Good Friday earthquake]]
| [[Alaska]], Hawaii, [[Oregon]], California, British Columbia
|
|-
| 1960
| [[Tsunami]]
| 61
| $500 million (2005 USD)
| [[Great Chilean earthquake]]
| Hawaii, [[Alaska]]
| 2,290 to 6,600 killed and $3,500 M (2005) in damage worldwide. 61 killed in [[Hilo, Hawaii]]. $500 M in U.S. property damage
|-
| 1957
| [[Tornado]]
| 10
| $26 million
| [[1957 Fargo tornado]]
| [[Fargo, ND]]
|
|-
| 1953
| [[Tornado]]
| 114
|
|
| [[Waco, TX]]
|
|-
| 1951
| [[Flood]]
| 28
| $935 million ($9.21 billion in 2019)
| [[Great Flood of 1951]]
| [[Kansas]] and [[Missouri]]
|
|-
| 1950
| [[Blizzard]]
| 353
| $67 million (1950 USD)
| [[Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950]]
| Eastern US States
|
|-
| 1946
| [[Tsunami]] and [[Earthquake]]
| 165
|
| [[Aleutian Island earthquake]]
| [[Alaska]] and [[Hawaii]]
|
|-
| 1940
| [[Blizzard]]
| 154
| $2 million
| [[Armistice Day Blizzard]]
| North and Central Midwest
| Damage total not adjusted for inflation.
|-
| 1938
| [[Hurricane]]
| 600
|
| [[Great New England Hurricane]]
|
|
|-
| 1938
| [[Flood]]
| 115
|
| [[Los Angeles Flood of 1938]]
| Los Angeles
|
|-
| 1937
| [[Flood]]
| 385
| $500 thousand
| [[Ohio River flood of 1937]]
| [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Indiana]], [[Illinois]]
|
|-
| 1936
| [[Flood]]
| 69
| $250 million ($4.66 billion in 2020)
| [[Pittsburgh Flood 1936]]
| [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], area
|
|-
| 1935
| [[Hurricane]]
| 423
|
| [[Labor Day Hurricane of 1935]]
| Florida
|
|-
| 1931 to 1939
| [[Drought]]
| Unknown
| $1 million (2017 USD)
| [[Dust Bowl]]
| [[Great Plains]]
| Compounded by unsustainable agricultural techniques
|-
| 1928
| [[Hurricane]]
| 3,000
| $800 million (2005 USD)
| [[1928 Okeechobee Hurricane]]
| [[Leeward Islands]], [[Puerto Rico]], the [[Bahamas]], and Florida
| 4,078+ believed dead total. About 2,500 died in Florida and 500 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico.
|-
| 1927
| [[Flood]]
| 246
| $400 million
| [[Great Mississippi Flood of 1927]]
| [[Arkansas]], [[Illinois]], [[Kentucky]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Tennessee]]
|
|-
| 1926
| [[Tornado]]
| 16
|
| [[La Plata, Maryland#Tornado history|La Plata Tornado of 1926]]
| [[La Plata, Maryland]]
| 13 killed in La Plata Elementary School
|-
| 1925
| [[Tornado]]
| 695–727
| $16.5 million; $1.4 billion (1997 USD)
| [[Tri-State Tornado]]
| [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]] and [[Indiana]] ([[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]])
| Lower number for single 3-state tornado; higher for 5-state outbreak
|-
| 1919
| [[Hurricane]]
| 600
|
| [[1919 Florida Keys Hurricane]]
| Florida, Texas
|
|-
| 1918
| [[Wildfire]]
| 453
| $73 million ($1.145 billion in 2015)
| [[1918 Cloquet fire]]
| [[Minnesota]]
| Largest disaster in Minnesota history
|-
| 1913
| [[Flood]]
| 428
|
| [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Great Flood – March 1913|1913 (Ohio) Statewide Flood]]
| Southwest, Central, and Eastern [[Ohio]]
|
|-
| 1913
| [[Flood]]
| 361
|
| [[Great Dayton Flood]]
| [[Dayton, Ohio]]
| Flood was created by a series of three winter storms that hit the region in March, 1913
|-
| 1913
| [[Blizzard]]
| 250
|
| [[Great Lakes Storm of 1913]]
|
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1913
| Storm
| 250
| $5 million (1913 USD)
| [[Great Lakes Storm of 1913]]
| [[Great Lakes]] area
| Financial impact for lost vessels and cargo only
|-
| 1910
| [[Avalanche]]
| 96
|
| [[Wellington avalanche]]
| [[Wellington, Washington]]
|
|-
| 1906
| [[Earthquake]] and fire (urban conflagration)
| 3,000 – 6,000
|
| [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]]
| [[California]]
| Conflagration followed quake; fatalities estimated
|-
| 1900
| [[Hurricane]]
| 6,000 – 12,000
| $35.4 million; 1.097 billion (2020 USD)
| [[Galveston Hurricane of 1900]]
| [[Texas]]
| Fatalities estimated – remains deadliest natural disaster in North American history.
|-
| 1896
| [[Tornado]]
| 255–400
| $10 million ($307 million in 2019)
| [[St. Louis-East St. Louis tornado]]
| [[Missouri]]
|
|-
| 1894
| [[Wildfire]]
| 418
| $73 million
| [[Great Hinckley Fire]]
| [[Minnesota]]
| Actual death toll likely higher than official death toll of 418.
|-
| 1893
| [[Hurricane]]
| 2,000
|
| [[1893 Cheniere Caminada Hurricane]]
| [[Louisiana]]
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1893
| [[Hurricane]]
| 1,000 – 2,000
|
| [[1893 Sea Islands Hurricane]]
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]]
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1889
| [[Flood]]
| 2,209
| $17 million ($425 million in 2012)
| [[Johnstown Flood]]
| [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]]
| A dam failure caused 20 million tons of water to be unleashed, devastating Johnstown, PA and the surrounding area.
|-
| 1888
| [[Blizzard]]
| 93886
|
| [[Great Blizzard of 1888]]
| Northeast
| Fatalities estimated
|-
| 1888
| [[Cold wave]]
| Unknown
|
| [[1888 Northwest Cold Wave]]
| Northwest
|
|-
| 1871
| [[Wildfire]]
| 1,500 – 2,500
|
| [[Peshtigo fire]]
| [[Wisconsin]]
| Deadliest [[firestorm]] in United States history

|-
| 1862
| [[Flood]]
| >5,000
| $100 million (1862 USD); $262.2 billion (2020 USD)
| [[Great Flood of 1862]]
| [[California]], [[Oregon]], [[Utah]], and the territories that now make up [[Arizona]] and [[Nevada]]
| An [[atmospheric river]] led to 43 continuous days of rain, lasting from December 1861 until January 1862. When it was over, much of California's [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]] was covered with [[inland sea]]s that remained for months; the state's government had to move to [[San Francisco]] as [[Sacramento]] was under 10 feet of water. California nearly went bankrupt due to the costs of the damages and the loss of tax revenues from so many farms and mines; it is considered to be the worst disaster in the state's history.<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/calbk:@field(DOCID+@lit(calbk142div21)): William H. Brewer, '''Up and down California in 1860-1864''', New Haven, Yale University Press, 1930, p. 243]</ref>
|-
| 1816
| [[Famine]] (caused by [[volcano]])
| Unknown
|
| [[Year Without a Summer]]
|
| Volcanic dust from a massive eruption by [[Mount Tambora]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] (present [[Indonesia]]) in 1815 led to an abnormally cold summer in 1816 in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Cold weather inhibited crops, and [[frost]]s and [[snowstorm]]s killed what did grow, leading to a localized [[famine]].
|}

==See also==
* [[List of disasters in the United States by death toll]]
* [[List of wildfires in the United States]]
* [[:Category:Lists of tropical cyclones in the United States]]

== References ==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

[[Category:Natural disasters in the United States|*]]
[[Category:Lists of disasters in the United States|Natural]]

Girlfriends (2006 film)

2022-01-14T11:42:32Z

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{{short description|2006 French-Belgian comedy film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Girlfriends
| image = Mes copines poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Sylvie Ayme]]
| producer = [[Christophe Cervoni]] Eric Juhérian Mathias Rubin
| writer = Sylvie Ayme Joanne Giger
| starring = [[Stéphanie Sokolinski]] [[Djena Tsimba]] [[Léa Seydoux]] [[Anne-Sophie Franck]]
| music =
| cinematography = Yves Dahan
| editing = Sophie Reine
| studio = Récifilms Axel Films Scope Pictures
| distributor = [[Pathé]]
| released = {{film date|2006|6|21|df=yes}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = France Belgium
| language = French
| budget = $4.5 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=525|title = Mes copines (2006) - JPBox-Office}}</ref>
| gross = $632,821<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fMESCOPAINS01&country=FR&wk=2006W25&id=_fMESCOPAINS01&p=.htm|title = Girlfriends}}</ref>
}}

'''''Girlfriends''''' (French title: '''''Mes copines''''') is a 2006 French-Belgian [[comedy film]] directed by [[Sylvie Ayme]] and starring [[Stéphanie Sokolinski]], [[Djena Tsimba]], [[Léa Seydoux]] and [[Anne-Sophie Franck]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cineuropa.org/f.aspx?t=film&did=132386|title=Girlfriends |website=Cineuropa.org|accessdate=29 September 2017}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Soko (singer)|Soko]] as Manon
* [[Djena Tsimba]] as Djena
* [[Léa Seydoux]] as Aurore
* [[Anne-Sophie Franck]] as Marie
* [[Xavier Hosten]] as Cédric
* [[Nicolas Jouxtel]] as Manon's little brother
* [[Patrick Braoudé]] as Doisneau
* [[Rossy de Palma]] as Marie's mother
* [[Serge Riaboukine]] as Manon's father
* [[Thierry René]] as Djena's father
* [[Jean-Michel Noirey]] as Marie's father
* [[Sophie Frison]] as Leslie
* [[Véronique Biefnot]] as Aurore's mother
* [[Jean-Yves Berteloot]] as Aurore's father
* [[Thomas Ancora]] as Éric
* [[Philippe du Janerand]] as a server
* [[Nicolas Gob]] as Pierre
* [[Sara Martins]] as Shaheen
* [[Caroline Veyt]] as Juliette
* [[Julien Béramis]] as Navin
* Soufiane Guerrab as Alexandre
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0781429}}

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Greensboro sit-ins

2021-12-13T08:50:27Z

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{{short description|1960 non-violent protests in the United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox civil conflict
| title = Greensboro Sit-ins
| partof = the [[Sit-in movement]] in the [[Civil Rights Movement]]
| image = File:Greensboro Four, Feb 1960.jpg
| place = [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]
| date = February 1 – July 25, 1960 ({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=02|day1=1|year1=1960|month2=07|day2=25|year2=1960}})
| caption = The Greensboro Four: (left to right) [[David Richmond (activist)|David Richmond]], [[Franklin McCain]], [[Ezell A. Blair, Jr.]], and [[Joseph McNeil]]
| map_type =
| map_caption =
| map_size =
| coordinates =
| causes =
* "Whites Only" lunch counters at [[F. W. Woolworth Company]]
* [[Racial segregation in the United States|Racial segregation]] in public accommodations
| status =
| result =
* Catalyst to [[sit-in movement]] that spread to more than 55 cities in 13 [[U.S. state]]s within three months
* Formation of Student Executive Committee for Justice (SECJ)
* Greensboro businesses desegregate lunch counters
* Catalyst to the formation of the [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee]] (SNCC)
| concessions =
| side1 =
* Students from:
** [[North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University]]
** [[Bennett College]]
** [[James B. Dudley High School]]
** [[University of North Carolina at Greensboro|Woman's College]]
* Organizations involved:
** [[Congress of Racial Equality]] (CORE)
| side2=
* Business lunch counters at:
** [[F. W. Woolworth Company]]
** [[S. H. Kress & Co.|Kress]]
** [[Walgreens]]
* Organizations involved:
** [[KKK]]
| leadfigures1=
'''Students'''
* [[Joseph McNeil]]
* [[Franklin McCain]]
* [[Ezell Blair Jr.]]
* [[David Richmond (activist)|David Richmond]]
| leadfigures2=
'''Woolworth'''
* [[Clarence Harris]]
'''KKK member'''
* George Dorsett
}}
{{CRM in North Carolina}}

The '''Greensboro sit-ins''' were a series of [[nonviolent]] protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store—now the [[International Civil Rights Center and Museum]]—in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]],<ref name="sitin">{{cite web | url=https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/the-greensboro-sit-in | title=The Greensboro Sit-In | publisher=[[History (American TV channel)|History]]}}</ref> which led to the [[F. W. Woolworth Company]] department store chain removing its policy of [[Racial segregation in the United States|racial segregation]] in the [[Southern United States]].<ref name="loc">{{cite web | url=https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/educate/lunch.html | title=Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-In | publisher=[[Library of Congress]]}}</ref> While not the first [[sit-in]] of the [[civil rights movement]], the Greensboro sit-ins were an instrumental action, and also the best-known sit-ins of the civil rights movement. They are considered a catalyst to the subsequent [[sit-in movement]], in which 70,000 people participated.<ref name="stamp">{{cite web | title=We'll see sit-in stamp first | work=[[News & Record]] | url=https://www.greensboro.com/news/general_assignment/we-ll-see-sit-in-stamp-first/article_f7328ecf-ed48-59d9-938d-56a8d76bf784.html?mode=jqm | first=Jim | last=Schlosser | date=January 27, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.crmvet.org/tim/timhis60.htm#1960greensboro | title=First Southern Sit-in, Greensboro NC | publisher=Civil Rights Movement Archive}}</ref> This sit-in was a contributing factor in the formation of the [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee]] (SNCC).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sncc | title=SNCC | publisher=[[History.com]] | date=November 12, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Greensboro 1960 | url=https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-civil-rights-movement-in-america-1945-to-1968/greensboro-1960/ | publisher=History Learning Site}}</ref>

==Previous sit-ins==
{{Main|Sit-in movement}}
In August 1939, African-American attorney [[Samuel Wilbert Tucker]] organized the [[Alexandria Library sit-in]] in Virginia (now the [[Alexandria Black History Museum]]).<ref>{{cite web | title=Samuel Tucker: Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement | url=https://www.alexandriava.gov/historic/blackhistory/default.aspx?id=73256 | publisher=[[Alexandria, Virginia]]}}</ref> In 1942, the [[Congress of Racial Equality]] sponsored sit-ins in [[Chicago]], as they did in [[St. Louis]] in 1949 and [[Baltimore]] in 1952. The [[Dockum Drug Store sit-in]] in 1958 in [[Wichita, Kansas]], was successful in ending segregation at every Dockum Drug Store in Kansas and a sit-in in [[Oklahoma City]] the same year led the Katz Drug Stores to end its segregation policy.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6355095 | title=Kansas Sit-In Gets Its Due at Last | work=[[NPR]] | date=October 21, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://oklahoman.com/article/5604324/60-years-later-oklahomas-sit-in-movement-is-remembered | title=60 Years Later, Oklahoma's Sit-In Movement is Remembered | work=[[The Oklahoman]] | date=August 12, 2018}}</ref>

==Activists' plan==
The Greensboro Four (as they would soon be known) were [[Joseph McNeil]], [[Franklin McCain]], [[Ezell Blair Jr.]], and [[David Richmond (activist)|David Richmond]], all young black students at [[North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University]] in their freshman year who often met in their dorm rooms to discuss what they could do to stand against segregation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=sit-in movement {{!}} history & impact on civil rights movement|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/sit-in-movement|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> They were inspired by [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] and his practice of [[nonviolent]] protest, and specifically wanted to change the segregational policies of [[F. W. Woolworth Company]] in Greensboro, North Carolina. During Christmas vacation of 1959, McNeil attempted to buy a [[hot dog]] at the Greensboro [[Greyhound Lines]] bus station, but was refused service. Shortly thereafter, the four men decided that it was time to take action against segregation.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ncpedia.org/civil-rights-sit-ins | title=Civil Rights Sit-Ins | first=Nancie | last=McDermott | publisher=[[NCPedia]] | date=Spring 2007}}</ref> They came up with a simple plan: they would occupy seats at the local [[F. W. Woolworth Company]] store, ask to be served, and when they were inevitably denied service, they would not leave. They would repeat this process every day for as long as it would take. Their goal was to attract widespread media attention to the issue, forcing Woolworth to implement [[desegregation]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/02/01/when_the_greensboro_four_took_a_stand_by_sitting-in_129516.html | title=When the Greensboro Four Took a Stand by Sitting-In | first=Carl M. | last=Cannon | work=[[RealClearPolitics]] | date=February 1, 2016}}</ref>

==The sit-ins==
[[File:Former Woolworth store in Greensboro, NC (2008).jpg|thumb|The event took place at this Woolworth [[five-and-dime]] store.]]

On February 1, 1960, at 4:30 pm [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]], the four sat down at the 66-seat L-shaped stainless steel [[lunch counter]] inside the [[F. W. Woolworth Company]] store at 132 South Elm Street in Greensboro, North Carolina.<ref name="loc" /> The men, Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/the-greensboro-sit-in|title=Greensboro Sit-In|website=History|publisher=A&E Television Networks|orig-year=February 4, 2010|date=February 10, 2020}}</ref> who would become known as the '''A&T Four''' or the '''Greensboro Four''', had purchased toothpaste and other products from a desegregated counter at the store with no problems, but were then refused service at the store's lunch counter when they each asked for a cup of coffee.<ref name=sitin/><ref name=lunchat/> According to a witness, a white waitress told the boys "We don't serve Negroes here". Blair responded that he was just served 2 feet away, to which the waitress replied "Negroes eat at the other end". An African-American girl who was cleaning behind the counter called them "stupid, ignorant, rabble-rousers, troublemakers". Another African-American told them, "You're just hurting race relations by sitting there". However, an elderly white woman told them, "I am just so proud of you. My only regret is that you didn't do this ten or fifteen years ago". Store manager [[Clarence Harris]] asked them to leave, and, when they would not budge, called his supervisor, who told him, "They'll soon give up, leave and be forgotten". Harris allowed the students to stay and did not call police to evict them.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1999-07-18-9907170397-story.html | title=CLARENCE HARRIS, 94, ALLOWED LUNCH SIT-IN | first=MICHAEL T. | last=KAUFMAN | agency=[[The New York Times]] | publisher=[[Sun-Sentinel]] | date=July 18, 1999}}</ref> The four freshmen stayed until the store closed that night, and then went back to the North Carolina A&T University campus, where they recruited more students to join them the next morning.<ref name="wicked">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iIV2CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT23 | title=Wicked Greensboro | first=Alice | last=Sink | publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] | date=April 29, 2011| isbn=9781614234401 }}</ref>

The next day, on February 2, 1960, more than twenty black students (including four women), recruited from other campus groups, joined the sit-in. This group sat with school work to stay busy from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The group was again refused service, and were harassed by the white customers at the Woolworth store. However, the sit-ins made local news on the second day, with reporters, a TV cameraman and police officers present throughout the day. Back on campus that night, the Student Executive Committee for Justice was organized, and the committee sent a letter asking the president of F.W. Woolworth to "take a firm stand to eliminate discrimination."<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_avcAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT384&lpg=PT384 | title=Remembering Woolworth's: A Nostalgic History of the World's Most Famous Five-and-Dime | first=Karen | last=Plunkett-Powell | publisher=[[Bedford/St. Martin's]] | date=April 8, 2014| isbn=9781466867444 }}</ref> Upon hearing of the sit-ins, the president of the college, [[Warmoth T. Gibbs]], remarked that Woolworth's "did not have the reputation for fine food".<ref name=wicked/> The students wrote the following letter to the president of Woolworth's:
<blockquote>
Dear Mr. President:
We the undersigned are students at the Negro college in the city of Greensboro. Time and time again we have gone into Woolworth stores in Greensboro. We have bought thousands of items at the hundreds of counters in your stores. Our money was accepted without rancor or discrimination, and with politeness towards us, when at a long counter just three feet away our money is not acceptable because of the colour of our skins......
We are asking your company to take a firm stand to eliminate discrimination. We firmly believe that God will give you courage and guidance in solving the problem.
Sincerely Yours, Student Executive Committee
</blockquote>

On February 3, 1960, the number grew to over 60, including students from Dudley High School. An estimated one third of the protesters were women, many of them students from [[Bennett College]], a historically black women's college in Greensboro. White customers heckled the black students, who read books and studied, while the lunch counter staff continued to refuse service. North Carolina's official chaplain of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] ([[Ku Klux Klan titles and vocabulary|Kludd]]), George Dorsett, as well as other members of the Klan, were present. The F.W. Woolworth national headquarters said that the company would "abide by local custom" and maintain its segregation policy.<ref name="counter">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/arts/design/01museum.html | title=Four Men, a Counter and Soon, Revolution | first=Edward | last=Rothstein | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=January 31, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://wcti12.com/news/state-news/nc-general-assembly-resolution-recognizes-woolworth-lunch-counter-civil-rights-protests | title=Congressional resolution recognizes Woolworth lunch counter civil rights protests | first=Annette | last=Weston | work=[[WCTI-TV]] | date=January 29, 2020}}</ref>

On February 4, 1960, more than 300 people took part. The group now included students from North Carolina A&T University, Bennett College, and Dudley High School, and they filled the entire seating area at the lunch counter.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.greensboro.com/1808greensboro/roots-our-history-we-could-not-have-imagined/article_46d140e3-beea-5678-b166-9d032df6d029.html | title=Roots Our History: We Could Not Have Imagined | first=Linda Beatrice | last=Brown | work=[[News & Record]] | date=January 27, 2017}}</ref> Three white female students from the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now [[University of North Carolina at Greensboro]]), Genie Seaman, Marilyn Lott, and Ann Dearsley, also joined the protest.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.greensboro.com/woman-honored-as-unsung-hero-during-sit-ins-ann-dearsley/article_8e61ede1-a07f-58fd-90db-c63f728f904c.html | title=WOMAN HONORED AS UNSUNG HERO DURING SIT-INS\ ANN DEARSLEY-VERNON IS THE FIRST WHITE PERSON HONORED BY SIT-IN MOVEMENT, WHICH IS RAISING FUNDS TO BUILD A CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM. | first=TERESA | last=ANNAS | work=[[News & Record]] | date=February 4, 2001}}</ref> Organizers agreed to expand the sit-in protests to include the lunch counter at Greensboro's [[S. H. Kress & Co.]] store that day. Students, college administrators, and representatives from F.W. Woolworth and Kress met to discuss, but with the stores' refusal to integrate, the meeting was not resolved.

On February 5, 1960, a high tension environment at the Woolworth counter emerged when 50 white men sat at the counter, in opposition to the protesters, which now included white college students.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IakwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR11 | title=Signs of the Times: The Visual Politics of Jim Crow | first=Elizabeth | last=Abel | publisher=[[University of California Press]] | date=May 6, 2010| isbn=9780520261839 }}</ref> Again, more than 300 were at the store by 3:00 pm, at which time the police removed two young white customers for swearing and yelling, and then police arrested three white patrons before the store closed at 5:30 pm. Another meeting between students, college officials, and store representatives took place, and again there was no resolution. The store representatives were frustrated that only certain segregated stores were being protested, and asked for intervention by the college administrators, while some administrators suggested a temporary closure of the counters.

On Saturday, February 6, 1960, over 1,400 North Carolina A&T students met in the Richard B. Harrison Auditorium on campus. They voted to continue the protests and went to the Woolworth store, filling up the store. More than 1,000 protesters and counter-protesters packed themselves into the store by noon. Around 1 pm, a bomb threat set for 1:30 pm was delivered by call to the store, causing the protesters to head to the Kress store, which immediately closed, along with the Woolworth store.

On March 16, 1960, President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] expressed his concern for those who were fighting for their human and civil rights, saying that he was "deeply sympathetic with the efforts of any group to enjoy the rights of equality that they are guaranteed by the Constitution."<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uC92AAAAMAAJ | last=Wilkinson | first=Doris Yvonne | title=Black Revolt: Strategies of Protest | place=Berkeley | publisher=McCutchan | year=1969}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Eisenhower | first=Dwight D. | author-link=Dwight D. Eisenhower | date=1961 | title=The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Dwight D. Eisenhower. January 1, 1960, to January 20, 1961. | chapter-url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/ppotpus/4728424.1960.001/346?rgn=full+text;view=image | publisher=[[University of Michigan]] | page=294| chapter=93 The President's News Conference of March 16, 1960.}}</ref>

The [[sit-in movement]] then spread to other Southern cities, including [[Winston-Salem]], [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], [[Charlotte]], [[Richmond, Virginia]], and [[F. W. Woolworth Building (Lexington, Kentucky)|Lexington, Kentucky]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4pd_XsQhRckC&pg=PT90 | title=Freedom on the Border: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky | first1=Catherine | last1=Fosl | first2=Tracy E. | last2=K'Meyer | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | date=December 23, 2009}}</ref> In [[Nashville, Tennessee]], students of the [[Nashville Student Movement]] were trained by civil rights activist [[James Lawson (American activist)|James Lawson]] and had already started the sit-in process when Greensboro occurred. The [[Nashville sit-ins]] attained desegregation of the downtown department store lunch counters in May 1960.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2017/03/02/complete-coverage-civil-rights-movement-nashville/98648442/ | title=Civil rights movement in Nashville | work=[[The Tennessean]] | date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> Most of these protests were peaceful, but there were instances of violence.<ref name=stamp/> In [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], tensions rose between blacks and whites and fights broke out.<ref name="lunchat">{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/lunchat51000wolf | last=Wolff | first=Miles | title=Lunch at the Five and Ten | publisher=[[Stein and Day]] | year=1970}}{{ISBN|0929587316}}</ref> In [[Jackson, Mississippi]], students from [[Tougaloo College]] staged a sit-in on May 28, 1963, recounted in the autobiography of [[Anne Moody]], a participant. In ''[[Coming of Age in Mississippi]]'', Moody describes their treatment from whites who were at the counter when they sat down, the formation of the mob in the store and how they managed finally to leave.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Moody | first1=Anne | title=Coming of Age in Mississippi | date=1968 | publisher=[[Bantam Books]] | location=New York | chapter=23}}</ref> The sit-ins spread to other forms of public accommodation, including transport facilities, swimming pools, lunch counters, libraries, art galleries, parks and beaches and museums, primarily in the South.<ref>{{Citation | url=http://www.crmvet.org/tim/timhis60.htm#1960sitins | title =Sit-ins Spread Across the South | publisher=Civil Rights Movement Archive}}</ref>

As the sit-ins continued, tensions started growing in Greensboro. Students began a far-reaching boycott of stores with segregated lunch counters. Sales at the boycotted stores dropped by a third, leading their owners to abandon segregation policies.<ref name=loc/> On Monday, July 25, 1960, after nearly $200,000 in losses (${{Inflation|US|0.200000|1960|r=1|fmt=c}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}} dollars), and a reduction in salary for not meeting sales goals, store manager [[Clarence Harris]] asked four black employees, Geneva Tisdale, Susie Morrison, Anetha Jones, and Charles Bess,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bittersoutherner.com/southern-perspective/2020/charles-bess-greensboro-woolworth-sit-ins-civil-rights|title=The Man Behind the Counter|website=THE BITTER SOUTHERNER|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref> to change out of their work clothes and order a meal at the counter. They were, quietly, the first to be served at a Woolworth lunch counter.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/CivilRights | title=Civil Rights Greensboro | publisher=[[University of North Carolina Greensboro]]}}</ref><ref name=wicked/> Most stores were soon desegregated, though in [[Jackson, Tennessee]], Woolworth's continued to be segregated until around 1965, despite multiple protests.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://orig.jacksonsun.com/civilrights/sec2_tn_timeline.shtml | title=Timeline of civil rights in Tennessee | publisher=[[The Jackson Sun]]}}</ref>

The [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] mandated desegregation in public accommodations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://civilrights.findlaw.com/civil-rights-overview/civil-rights-in-public-accommodations-and-facilities-law-and.html | title=Civil Rights in Public Accommodations and Facilities: Law and History | publisher=[[FindLaw]]}}</ref>

==Lunch counter on display==
The [[International Civil Rights Center & Museum]] in Greensboro contains the lunch counter,<ref name=counter/> except for several seats which the museum donated to the [[National Museum of African American History and Culture]] in 2016<ref>{{Cite news | first=Nancy | last=McLaughlin | url=https://www.greensboro.com/news/local_news/smithsonian-s-african-american-museum-opens-with-lunch-counter-display/article_af55bc60-22f5-5fbe-ac48-dd3c52a83365.html | title=Smithsonian's African American Museum opens with lunch counter display from Greensboro | work=[[News & Record]] | date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> and a four-seat portion of the lunch counter acquired by the [[Smithsonian Institution]] in 1993, displayed in the [[National Museum of American History]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1159229 | title=Collections: Greensboro Lunch Counter: Catalog No. 1994.0156.01 | publisher=[[National Museum of American History]]}}</ref>

==Commemorations==

In 1990, the street south of the site was renamed February One Place, in commemoration of the date of the first Greensboro sit-in.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/the-story-behind-the-iconic-photo-of-greensboro-sit-ins/article_6833e64d-2839-5adc-a378-bb7ee8e87fa8.html | title=The story behind the iconic photo of Greensboro sit-ins that the world almost didn't see | first=Cindy | last=Loman | work=[[News & Record]] | date=January 30, 2020}}</ref>

In 2002, the ''[[February One]]'' monument and sculpture by [[James Barnhill (artist)|James Barnhill]], depicting the Greensboro Four, was erected on North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's campus.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.greensboro.com/february-one-monument-to-be-unveiled/article_be768346-3bdb-547c-8589-c82246ac3da7.html | title=FEBRUARY ONE MONUMENT TO BE UNVEILED | work=[[News & Record]] | date=January 29, 2002}}</ref>

On February 1, 2020, [[Google]] showed a [[Google Doodle]] of a diorama made by Karen Collins to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-in.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.google.com/doodles/60th-anniversary-of-the-greensboro-sit-in | title=60th Anniversary of the Greensboro Sit-in | date=February 1, 2020 | publisher=[[Google Doodle]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title=Google Doodle Honors 60th Anniversary of Greensboro Sit-In | url=https://www.newsweek.com/google-doodle-greensboro-sit-civil-rights-movement-60th-anniversary-1485222 | last=Crowley | first=James | date=February 1, 2020 | work=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref>

==In film==
* ''[[February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four]]'' is a 2003 documentary film shown on [[PBS]].
* ''[[Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4]]'' is a 2010 documentary film for the [[Smithsonian Channel]].
* ''[[The Umbrella Academie]]'' is a Netfllix show, where the sit ins where refereced.

==See also==
* [[Timeline of the civil rights movement]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last1=Chafe | first1=William Henry| title=Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom | date=1981| publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | location=New York | isbn=9780195029192 | url=https://archive.org/details/civilitiescivilr0000chaf_h5c0 | url-access=registration }}
* {{cite journal | last1=Kowal | first1=Rebekah J. | s2cid=57564786 | title=Staging the Greensboro Sit-Ins | journal=[[TDR (journal)|TDR]] | date=Winter 2004 | volume=48| issue=4 |pages=135–154| doi=10.1162/1054204042442008 }}
* {{cite journal| last1=Pollitt | first1=Daniel H. | title=Dime Store Demonstrations: Events and Legal Problems of First Sixty Days, 1960 | journal=Duke Law Journal|date=Summer 1960 | volume=9 | issue=1 | pages=315–365| doi=10.2307/1371082 | jstor=1371082 | url=https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dlj/vol9/iss3/1 }}
* {{cite journal | url=https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/michael-walzer-report-lunch-counter-sit-ins-durham-1960 | last=Walzer | first=Michael| title=A Cup of Coffee and a Seat | journal=Dissent | date=Spring 1960 |volume=7| pages=111–120}}

==External links==
* {{Citation | url=http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/search/collection/CivilRights/searchterm/Business%20desegregation*%201960/field/subjea/mode/all/conn/and/order/date | title=Civil Rights Greensboro: Greensboro sit-ins | publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Greensboro]]}}.
* {{Citation | url=http://objectofhistory.org/objects/intro/lunchcounter/ | title=Object of History: The Lunch Counter}}.
* {{Citation | url=https://www.crmvet.org/tim/timhis60.htm | format=timeline | title=Greensboro Sit-Ins | publisher=CRMVet}}.
* {{Citation | url=https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-civil-rights-movement-in-america-1945-to-1968/greensboro-1960/ | title=Greensboro 1960 | publisher=History Learning Site}}.
* {{Citation | url=http://www.core-online.org/History/sit_ins.htm | title=Making Equality a Reality – History of Sit ins | publisher=Core online}}.
* {{Citation | url=https://www.sitinmovement.org/ | title=International Civil Rights Center & Museum | publisher=[[International Civil Rights Center & Museum]]}}.
* {{Citation | url=https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/zaneedwardraymond/ | title=Guide to the Edward Raymond Zane Letters | publisher=[[Duke University]]}}.

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