This is a list of major natural disasters in the United States.

• Galveston Hurricane (1900)
  • A 20-foot storm surge swept over Galveston Island and killed an estimated 8,000 people, the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
• Dust Bowl (1930s)
  • When drought swept the Great Plains and plunged thousands into poverty as farmers abandoned their land to seek better lives elsewhere.
• Tornado Outbreak (1974) - Super Outbreak
  • When 148 tornadoes swept through the country from the Great Lakes to Alabama and Mississippi and killed 315 people.
• Hurricane Camille (1969)
  • Claimed 256 lives
• El Niño episodes (1982/1983 and 1997/1998)
  • Caused storms that battered the West Coast and set rainfall records in the Southeast.
• Hurricane Andrew in 1992
  • Caused 23 deaths and $25 billion in damage in Florida and Louisiana.
• New England Hurricanes in (1938)
  • With 600 fatalities and millions in damage from New York City to Boston.
• Winter Superstorm (1993) - Great Blizzard of 1993
  • Battered the eastern seaboard and claimed 79 lives.
• Tri-State Tornado (1925)
  • Killed 695 in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
• Oklahoma-Kansas Tornado Outbreak (1999) - Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak
  • With 42 dead.
• Great Okeechobee flood and hurricane (1928)
  • Killed 1,836.
• Storm of the Century, (1950)
  • Brought snow and hurricane-force winds to 22 states and claimed 383 lives.
• Florida Keys Hurricanes (1935)
  • Also known as the Labor Day Hurricane, killed more than 400 in 1935.
• New England Blizzard
  • Paralyzed New England for a week.

Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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