From pandemics to wars to natural disasters, these events took the highest tolls on American lives.
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley Associated PressJan. 20, 2025 Trump, in His Inaugural Address, Rips Into the Country's Past Leaders and Makes Sweeping Promises ...
Website Name HISTORY URL https://www.history.com/topics/natural-disasters-and-environment/deadliest-hurricanes-in-us-history-video Date Accessed January 16, 2025 Publisher A&E Television Networks Last Updated November 3, 2023 Original Published Date November 3, 2023 Fact Check We strive for accurac...
Hurricane Maria now stands as one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history — claiming even more lives than Hurricane Katrina — after a new report said the death toll in Puerto Rico was more than 46 times higher than the initial government tally. Puerto Rico Gov. Ri...
The following deadliest natural disasters destroyed cities and communities around the world and took millions of human lives in all.Great Galveston Storm(1900) The Great Galveston Storm occurred on September 8,1900,when a hurricane with an estimated strength of Category 4 hit Galveston,Texas.This hu...
Natural DisastersRefugeesUS ImmigrationThe Messina-Reggio Calabria Earthquake (1908) was the deadliest earthquake and arguably the most devastating natural disaster in modern European history. It occSpitzer, YannayTortorici, GaspareZimran, Ariell
A Downhill Battle: Landslides Are among the Deadliest Natural Disasters, with Their Impact Felt Most Severely in the Developing World. Natalie Hoare Reports on the Efforts of Two British Geographers to Alleviate the Threat in the Caribbean Using a Combination of Computer Models and Local Community ...
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills called Tuesday evening for strengthening the state's yellow flag law, boosting background checks for private sales of weapons and bolstering mental crisis care, telling lawmakers that there's broad support fo
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationrun by the U.S. Department of Commerce reports that the deadliest cyclones in history have taken place in India and Bangladesh, with the six of the top 10 deadliest having occurred in the two countries. The worst of all time was the 1970 Bhol...
Death tolls can be hard to confirm given stowaways and overloaded ships, and some of the deadliest disasters have occurred on riverboats, not on the open ocean. Here, however, we focus on disasters on the sea. Read on for a list of the deadliest ocean shipwrecks in history. The RMS ...