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A 7.8 magnitude earthquake ripped through San Fran, nearly destroying it. What remained was burned down by a huge fire that the quake created.
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A drought in the summer of 1910 in Idaho combined with a freak lightning storm caused a giant forest fire. This burned over 3 million acres of forest and claimed at least 85 lives.
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This virus killed more han 50 million people worldwide. It started with regular flu symptoms, and ended in a blood-like fluid filling up your lungs and killing you.
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It's hard to imagine a single tornado could destroy over 1500 homes and kill nearly 700 people. But in 1925, it did happen. The biggest and longest tornado the U.S. has ever seen ripped through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, creating unimaginable damage.
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In 1938, a hurricane ripped through the far northeastern united states. New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Vermont were all hit by the storm. This watery nightmare killed nearly 700 people, and left 63,000 more people homless.
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In March 1964, a whopping 9.2 magnitude earthquake shook up Anchorage, Alaska. This earhquake created monsterous tsunamis that wiped out most of Anchorage and areas around it.
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On April 2, 1974, a huge storm occured over the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys. This severe weather occurance lasted for 15 hours, created 148 tornados, and killed over 330 people in the 13 states it raged through.
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On May 18th, 1980, the volcano Mt. St. Helens blew up. As simple as that. Lava covered 230 square miles of land, causing 57 deaths and over $1,000,000,000,000 of damage.
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On 9-11-01, the unthinkable happened. A terrorist group called the Al-Qaeda hijacked 2 American airline planes and crashed them into New York's World Trade Center, killing over 3,000 people. This suicidal crashing caused the famed Twin Towers to collapse within the next 2 hours.
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A hurricane like no other. This disaster of a tropical storm ripped through the southern states around the Gulf of Mexico, destroying hundreds of homes. Today known as the most deadly hurricane in the history of the U.S., this monster storm was especially known for the destruction in New Orleans, Loisiana.
