Natural Disasters in the USA: Interactive Dashboard


"Mother Nature can be merciless. From the churning hurricanes of the Gulf Coast, to the trailer-tossing storms of Tornado Alley, to the ground-pounding quakes of California, the United States is no stranger to deadly natural disasters." This interactive website allows you to explore major disaster events that have occurred in the US over the last few decades. We hope you enojoy it!




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View Hurricanes

View Earthquakes

View Tornados

View Wild Fires

View Floods












Disasters At A Glance

The interactive graph on the right shows major disaster events that have occured in the United States each year. You can click to see how many major hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, and wildfires have occurred. Scroll down for a state-by-state perspective.



Disaster Events By State

The table below lists all of the major disasters that have occured in a particular state. Click a state on the map above to see the associated list of disasters.