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This heat wave also occurred on the Great Plains and was prefaced by a drought which lasted a year. This heat wave caused $61 billion worth of damage to the agricultural economy and the rainfall averaged lower than in the years of the dust bowl.
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This heat wave occurred on the Great Plains and is one of the United State's longest weather related disaster The temperatures in this area were over 90 degrees.
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The dust bowl occurred in the Great Plains and was caused when farmer's plowed land became exposed to erosion. The soil transformed into dust and caused massive windstorms.
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This fire in Wisconsin burned the same day as the Great Chicago Fire. A strong wind ended up spreading small prairie fires through forests
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This town in Pennsylvania was known for its steel production but this all changed when it was flooded by South Fork Dam. A ton of rain caused the dam to burst
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Previous to this hurricane Galveston Texas was considered the hub of cotton trade and Texas' largest city. But, this all changed when this category 4 hurricane hit with wind up to 135 mph.
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This earth quake in San Francisco only lasted a minute, but created fires that caused the city to burn for 4 days. the quake was 7.7-7.9 and started fires from breaking natural gas chains.
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This tornado occurred in Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri and lasted 3 and a half hours. This tornado destroyed more than 15,000 homes
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This hurricane arrived later than predicted, so the residents of Lake Okeechobee moved back to their home only to be struck by disaster. The winds were up to 140 mph.
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This atlantic storm (started in Florida then to Louisiana Coast) had winds up to 125 mph and left 80% of New Orleans under water. It is estimated that 1,836 people were killed
