The states impacted include OK, TX, LA, MS, GA, SC, NC and VA. 1988 drought across a large portion of the U.S. with very severe losses to agriculture and related industries.
The states most affected were Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana. The states most affected included Texas, Illinois and North Carolina with damage to homes, businesses and vehicles. Numerous central states (KS, NE, OK, TX, NM, MO, IA, IL, IN, OH, WI) were impacted by large hail and tornadoes.
Category 3 hurricane strikes North Carolina and Virginia, over 10-inch 24-hour rains in some locations and extensive agricultural and other losses. This is the most costly non-tropical, inland flood event to affect the United States on record. Flooding in the Nashville, TN area alone contributed > $1.0 ($1.2) billion in damages. Hurricane Erin impacted Florida as a category 1 hurricane.
In Texas and Oklahoma, a majority of range and pastures were classified in "very poor" condition for much of the 2011 crop growing season. Severe hail impacts Colorado. Oklahoma also received hail damage resulting from the same severe weather system. Tornado outbreak across the Southern Plain states (IA, KS, NE, OK, CO, SD, TX) with 122 tornadoes. US Disaster Statistics. Between 1953 and 2018, this state has dealt with 167 catastrophic natural disasters. Isaac's slow motion and large size led to a large storm surge and flooding rains.
The states impacted include KS, IL, MI, IN, MS, TN, KY, OH, AL, PA, NY, GA, SC and NC. California's 5-year drought persisted during 2016 while new areas of extreme drought developed in states across the Northeast and Southeast. Content and photos may not be reproduced in any way without our permission. Drought and heat wave conditions created major impacts across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Kansas, and western Louisiana. Numerous wildfires driven by dry weather and high winds burned over 9.8 million acres, across the western half of the country including Alaska. The states most impacted include AR, AL, MS, GA, FL, SC, TN, KY, MI, NY, OH, PA and VT.
The state also deals with flash floods and even an occasional earthquake or tornado. Torrential rain (10-25 inches in 5 days) and thunderstorms cause flooding across much of southeast Texas. More than 25 additional tornadoes also caused damage across several eastern states from Georgia to Pennsylvania. Category 1 hurricane made landfall over Louisiana. The states impacted include AR, IL, KY, IN, SC, GA and OH. There was also significant damage resulting from hail and straight-line wind. Wildfires burned over 10.1 million acres across the U.S. in 2015, surpassing 2006 for the highest annual total of U.S. acreage burned since record-keeping began in 1960. Drought conditions over parts of the West, Central and eastern U.S. most affected the states IL, IN, KS, MN, OH, OR, PA, SD, and WA. Tornadoes and severe weather affect the states (AL, AR, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, WI, WV) across the Midwest, Plains and Southeast. There was also additional hail and wind damage in the surrounding states including Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Missouri.
The states most impacted include TX, OK, KS, AL and LA. Harvey's devastation was most pronounced due to the large region of extreme rainfall producing historic flooding across Houston and surrounding areas. The states most impacted include CA, AZ, OR, WA, CO, UT, NV, NM and TX.
Severe storms and flooding affect several states (AR, LA, MS) across the South. Melting of an above-average snow pack across the Northern Rocky Mountains combined with above-average precipitation caused the Missouri and Souris Rivers to swell beyond their banks across the Upper Midwest (MT, ND, SD, NE, IA, KS, MO). Imelda is yet another of the historically extreme rainfall and flood events that have become a regular occurrence across Southeast Texas over the last 5 years. Tornadoes and severe flooding hit the states of AR, MO, MS, TN, IL, IN, KY, OH, and WV, with over 10 inches of rain in 24 hours in Louisville. The city of Boston was particularly impacted as feet of snow continued to accumulate causing load-stress on buildings and clogging transportation corridors. Drought and heat wave across Southeastern U.S.
1. Category 3 hurricane initially impacts the U.S. as a Category 1 near Miami, FL, then as a strong Category 3 along the eastern LA-western MS coastlines, resulting in severe storm surge damage (maximum surge probably exceeded 30 feet) along the LA-MS-AL coasts, wind damage, and the failure of parts of the levee system in New Orleans. The property damage from this storm was estimated to be over $120 billion and more than 1,800 people died. The city of Houston also experienced flooding which resulted in hundreds of high-water rescues. This was the 3rd most tornadoes to occur in a single outbreak of extreme weather during a winter month (Dec.-Feb.) based on records from 1950. Tornadoes and damaging hail particularly affected Texas, Louisiana and North Carolina focused across the Raleigh metro region. The confidence interval (CI) probabilities (75%, 90% and 95%) represent the uncertainty associated with the disaster cost estimates. Andrew joins Hurricane Camille (1969) and the Labor Day Hurricane (1935), as the only land falling category 5 hurricanes on record to affect the U.S. mainland. This is the most destructive and costly winter storm to affect the United States since at least 1980. The natural disaster map shows the occurrences of recent natural disasters 2020 including earthquake, floods, tsunami, wildfire, tornado, hurricane etc. Heavy rainfall over portions of the Northeast in late March caused extensive flooding across several states (RI, CT, MA, NJ, NY, PA). According to GRID-Arendal, an official United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), growing population and infrastructures the world’s exposure to natural hazards is inevitably increasing.
Major wildfires over 11 western states from the Rockies to the west coast due to drought and periodic high winds, with over 7.1 million acres burned. Severe weather and large hail causes considerable damage across Minnesota and Wisconsin. Ranchers have also be forced to sell-off livestock early in some regions due to high feeding costs. Numerous tornadoes and widespread hail damage over the Central and Eastern states including NC, GA, VA, TX, AR, MO, MS, TN, IL, IN, KY, PA, MD, NY, OH, WV, and KS.
Severe storms affect the states IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, VA, WV across the Midwest and Plains.