List of United States disasters by death toll
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
List of United States disasters by death toll is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war) which occurred in the United States or involved US citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life exceeded 250.
[edit]
250 or more fatalities
- 6,000-12,000 – Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Texas [estimate]
- 3,000-6,000 – 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, California [estimate]
- 1800 - 3000 – Lake Okeechobee Hurricane 1928 [estimate]
- 1,250-10,000 – Heat Wave of 1980 [estimate]
- 2,209 – Johnstown Flood 1889
- 1,200-2,500 – Peshtigo Fire, 1871 [estimate]
- 1,302 – Hurricane Katrina, central Gulf of Mexico coast and southern Florida, 2005
- 739 – Chicago Heat Wave of 1995
- 695 – Tri-State Tornado, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, 1925
- 600 – 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane, Florida, Texas
- 600 – The Great New England Hurricane, 1938
- 423 – Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, Florida
- 315 – Super Outbreak, tornadoes, 13 states, 1974
- 271 – Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, 1965
- 256 – Hurricane Camille, 1969
- 255 deaths; St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado, 1896 [estimates over 400]
- 250-260 – Hurricane Allen, 1980 [estimate]
- 250 – Great Lakes Storm of 1913, blizzard [estimate]