| Event |
|
Description |
Number of Fatalities |
Damage |
April 3-4, 1974
Super Tornado Outbreak |
|
148 twisters across 13 states [Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia] |
330 |
$3.13 Billion |
1980
Mount St. Helens Eruption |
|
Volcanic Eruption blast sent magma up 100 stories high and spread 10 miles wide. |
57 |
$1 Billion |
1980
Drought and Heat Wave |
|
The drought was especially hard on cattle farmers. |
10,000 |
$56.4 Billion |
1988
Heat Wave |
Fires in Yellowstone
|
Drought covered 36% of the US causing forest fires across the West. Crops came in at only 33% of the expected levels. |
7,500 |
$78.8 Billion |
August 1992
Hurricane Andrew |
 |
Winds of 177 mph across southern Florida |
61 |
$44.8 Billion |
March 12 - 14, 1993
Storm of the Century |
 |
category 5 storm - record snowfall hit the Eastern United States leaving 2.5 million people without power |
over 300 |
$9 Billion |
2005
Hurricane Katrina |
 |
Category 5 hurricane with 20 to 30 feet storm surges along Mississippi and Louisiana hit New Orleans |
1,833 |
$148.8 Billion |
October 2012
Superstorm Sandy |
 |
devastated parts of New Jersey, Long Island, and southern New England |
159 |
$65.7 Billion |
