List of disasters in the United States by death toll

List of United States disasters by death toll (Not counting battles of the Civil War) is a list of notable disasters which occurred in the United States or involved U.S. citizens, in a definable incident.

Due to inflation, the monetary damage estimates are not comparable. Unless otherwise noted, the year given is the year in which the currency's valuation was calculated.

This list is not comprehensive in general, and epidemics are not included.

Year Type Fatalities Damage (US$) Article Location Comments
1900 Tropical cyclone 6,000 to 12,000 $28,000,000 (approximate) 1900 Galveston hurricane Texas Fatalities estimated. Remains the deadliest natural disaster in North American history.
1906 Earthquake and fire (urban conflagration) 3,000-6,000 1906 San Francisco earthquake San Francisco, California Conflagration followed quake; fatalities estimated
2001 Terrorism - plane crashes 2,996 $1,000,000,000
(2001)		 September 11 attacks New York City, Arlington County, Virginia, and Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania 2,977 victims and 19 hijackers.
1928 Tropical cyclone 2,812 $800,000,000
(2005)		 1928 Okeechobee hurricane Florida

Puerto Rico

 4,078 believed dead total. 2500 in Florida, 312 in Puerto Rico.
1941 Military strike - bombing 2,467 Attack on Pearl Harbor Honolulu, Hawaii 2,403 U.S. victims and 64 Japanese attackers.
1889 Accident - Dam burst 2,209 Johnstown Flood Pennsylvania Much rain, deforestation; dam failed
1893 Tropical cyclone 2,000 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane Louisiana Fatalities estimated
2005 Tropical cyclone 1,836 $108,000,000,000 Hurricane Katrina Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Ohio Costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
1865 Accident - Shipwreck 1,700 Sultana Memphis, Tennessee Steamboat sank due to boiler explosion; fatalities estimated
1980 Heat wave 1,700 1980 United States heat wave Central and southern states Official death toll, may have been higher
1912 Accident - Shipwreck 1,490-1,517 Sinking of the RMS Titanic Near Newfoundland

and Nova Scotia, Canada.

 En route to New York City from Queenstown, Ireland.
1871 Fire (rural) 1,200-2,500 Peshtigo Fire Peshtigo, Wisconsin

Upper Peninsula of Michigan

 Fatalities estimated; most deaths in single fire in U.S. history
1904 Accident - Shipwreck 1,021 PS General Slocum East River near New York City Steamship sank due to fire on board
1893 Tropical cyclone 1,000-2,000 1893 Sea Islands hurricane Georgia,

South Carolina

 Fatalities estimated
1945 Direct action (military),

Shark attack, Drowning, Hypothermia

 879 USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Near Guam
1915 Accident - Shipwreck 844 S.S. Eastland Chicago, Illinois
1995 Heat wave 739 Chicago Heat Wave of 1995 Chicago, Illinois
1925 Tornado 695-747 $1,650,000,000
(2005)		 Tri-State Tornado Missouri, Illinois and Indiana (Kentucky, Tennessee) Lower number for single 3-state tornado; higher for 5-state outbreak
1903 Fire (building) 602 Iroquois Theatre fire Chicago, Illinois
1919 Tropical cyclone 600 1919 Florida Keys hurricane Florida

Texas
1928 Accident - Dam failure 600 St. Francis Dam Santa Clarita, California
1938 Tropical cyclone 600 1938 New England hurricane
1947 Accident - Explosion 581 Texas City disaster Texas City, Texas Ammonium nitrate onboard ship
1871 Fire 500 (estimated) Great Michigan Fire Michigan
1942 Fire (building) 492 Cocoanut Grove fire Boston, Massachusetts Nightclub
1927 Exploitation, Silicosis 476-1,000+ Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster Gauley Bridge, West Virginia 178 admitted deaths, 476 with congressional inquiry, 1,000+ by epidemiologists.
1918 Fire (rural) 453 $7,300,000 1918 Cloquet fire Minnesota
1936 Tornado outbreak 436+ 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee Two tornadoes in Tupelo, Mississippi, and Gainesville, Georgia, killed 233 and 203 people respectively
1913 Flood 428 1913 (Ohio) statewide flood Ohio
1935 Tropical cyclone 423 1935 Labor Day hurricane Florida
1860 Accident - Shipwreck 400 PS Lady Elgin Chicago, Illinois
1888 Blizzard 400 Great Blizzard of 1888 Northeast Fatalities estimated
1857 Shipwreck 400 SS Central America, 1857 Off the coast of Georgia Fatalities estimated
1894 Fire (rural) 400 Great Hinckley Fire Hinckley, Minnesota and vicinity
1937 Flood 385 $5,000,000,000 Ohio River flood of 1937 Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois
1907 Accident - Coal mine 362 Monongah mining disaster Monongah, West Virginia
1913 Flood 361 Great Dayton Flood Dayton, Ohio Flood was created by a series of three winter storms that hit the region in March, 1913
1950 Blizzard 353 $66,700,000
(1950)		 Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 Eastern US States
2011 Tornado outbreak 348 ~$11,000,000,000
(2011)		 2011 Super Outbreak Midwestern United States, Southern United States, Eastern United States, Southern Ontario 355 tornadoes, with one of the deadliest in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama. 324 tornadic deaths, with another 24 from related weather.
1932 Tornado outbreak 330 $4,340,000 1932 Deep South tornado outbreak Southern United States At least 36 tornadoes, including 10 violent (F4 or F5) storms, resulting in 268 deaths in Alabama alone.
1930 Fire (building) 322 Ohio Penitentiary Columbus, Ohio
1944 Accident - Explosion 320 Port Chicago disaster Port Chicago, California WWII ammunition ignited
1974 Tornado outbreak 319 $3,500,000,000
(2005)		 1974 Super Outbreak Ontario, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and New York 148 tornadoes
1993 Cyclonic Blizzard 310 $6,650,000,000
(2008)		 1993 Storm of the Century Ontario, Quebec, Eastern United States, Cuba
1865 Accident - Explosion 300 Mobile magazine explosion Mobile, Alabama Civil War ammunition
1937 Accident - Explosion 296-319 $13,000,000
(2003)		 New London School explosion New London, Texas Gas leak
1881 Fire (rural) 282 $2,347,000 Thumb Fire Michigan
1876 Fire (building) 278 Brooklyn Theatre fire Brooklyn, New York
1898 Explosion 274 USS Maine Havana, Cuba A major event that precipitated the Spanish–American War. Exact cause remains unknown.
1979 Accident - Aircraft 273 American Airlines Flight 191 Chicago, Illinois Deadliest single-aircraft accident in US history
1965 Tornado outbreak 271 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana 78 tornadoes
1999 Heat wave 271 Midwest and Northeast
2001 Accident - Aircraft 265 American Airlines Flight 587 Queens, New York
1913 Accident - Coal mine 263 Dawson, New Mexico
1909 Accident - Coal mine 259 Cherry Mine disaster Cherry, Illinois
1937 Accident - Coal mine 257 Grundy, Virginia
1969 Tropical cyclone 256 Hurricane Camille Mississippi,

Alabama, and Virginia
1896 Tornado 255-400 $2,900,000,000
(1997)		 St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado Missouri
1913 Blizzard 250 $5,000,000
(1913)		 Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Great Lakes region Fatalities estimated
1953 Tornado outbreak sequence 247 Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence Michigan

Ohio, Nebraska and Massachusetts

 116 deaths in Flint, Michigan, 94 in Worcester, Massachusetts.
1927 Flood 246 $400,000,000 Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee
1972 Flood 238 $160,000,000
(1972)
$664,000,000
(2002)		 1972 Rapid City Flood Rapid City, South Dakota Average rainfall over area of 60 mi² measured at 10-15 inches (380 mm), over 6 hours in middle of night June 9–10, 1972.
1996 Accident - Aircraft 230 TWA Flight 800 Long Island, New York
1997 Accident - Aircraft 228 Korean Air Flight 801 Nimitz Hill, Guam
1998 Terrorism 223 1998 United States embassy bombings Tanzania

Kenya

 4,000+ injured
1999 Accident - Aircraft 217 EgyptAir Flight 990 Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, Massachusetts
1940 Fire (building) 209 Rhythm Club fire Natchez, Mississippi
1871 Fire (urban conflagration) 200-300 Great Chicago Fire Chicago, Illinois Fatalities estimated; 125 bodies recovered
1900 Accident - Coal mine 200 Scofield Mine disaster Scofield, Utah
1898 Accident - Shipwreck 192 The Portland Gloucester, Massachusetts
1863 Mass murder, Military operation 185-200 Lawrence Massacre Lawrence, Kansas
1947 Tornado 181 1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes Oklahoma (especially Woodward), Texas (including Glazier and Higgins), Kansas
1890 Mass murder, Military operation 178 Wounded Knee Massacre Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota
1908 Fire (building) 174 Collinwood school fire Cleveland, Ohio
1908 Fire (building) 171 Rhoads Opera House fire Boyertown, Pennsylvania Sources conflict on number of fatalities: 170 or 171.
1995 Terrorism 168 Oklahoma City bombing Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1944 Fire (building) 168 Hartford circus fire Hartford, Connecticut
1917 Fire (mine) 168 Speculator Mine disaster Butte, Montana
1977 Fire (building) 165 Beverly Hills Supper Club fire Southgate, Kentucky
1946 Tsunami and Earthquake 165 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake Alaska

Hawaii
1944 Maritime Accident 163 West Loch disaster Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Classified as top secret until 1960.
2011 Tornado 158 $2,800,000,000
(2011)		 2011 Joplin tornado Joplin, Missouri Part of the May 21–26, 2011 tornado outbreak sequence. 4 additional fatalities resulted indirectly from this tornado.
1987 Accident - Aircraft 156 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Detroit, Michigan
1982 Accident - Aircraft 153 Pan Am Flight 759 New Orleans, Louisiana
1911 Fire (building) 146 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire New York City, New York
1976 Flood 145 Big Thompson Canyon Flood of 1976 Colorado
1978 Accident - Aircraft 144 PSA Flight 182 San Diego, California
1840 Accident - Shipwreck 139 Lexington Long Island Sound Steamship sank due to fire on board
1985 Accident - Aircraft 137 Delta Air Lines Flight 191 Dallas, Texas
1967 Fire 134 >$72,000,000 1967 USS Forrestal fire Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam
1960 Accident - Aircraft 134 1960 New York mid-air collision New York City, New York
1994 Accident - Aircraft 132 USAir Flight 427 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1944 Accident - Explosion 130 $7,000,000-
$15,000,000		 Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion Cleveland, Ohio
1963 Accident - Submarine 129 USS Thresher (SSN-593) Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Massachusetts Deadliest submarine disaster in history.
1956 Accident - Aircraft 128 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision Grand Canyon, Arizona Parts of wreckage still visible
1915 Incident - Maritime 128 Sinking of the RMS Lusitania Atlantic Ocean near Kinsale, Ireland Ship torpedoed by a German U-boat. 1,198 fatalities resulted overall; 128 of them were Americans.
1972 Accident - Dam burst 125 Buffalo Creek flood Logan County, West Virginia
1929 Fire (building) 123 Cleveland Clinic fire of 1929 Cleveland, Ohio
2005 Tropical cyclone 120 $12,000,000,000
(2005)		 Hurricane Rita Louisiana
1933 Earthquake 120 $50,000,000
(1933)		 Long Beach earthquake Long Beach, California
1946 Fire (building) 119 Winecoff Hotel Atlanta, Georgia
1899 Tornado 117 >$300,000 ($8,381,000 in today's dollars). New Richmond tornado New Richmond, Wisconsin Tornado hit the same time the circus was in town.
1918 Earthquake 116 1918 San Fermin earthquake Puerto Rico
1938 Flood 115 Los Angeles flood of 1938 Los Angeles, California
1964 Tsunami and Earthquake 115 $1,800,000,000
(2006)		 Good Friday earthquake Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, California, British Columbia
1837 Accident - Shipwreck 115 Wreck of the Mexico Long Beach, New York Eight people rescued from shore. One hundred fifteen crew and passengers (mostly Irish immigrants, and many of them women and children) froze to death on the deck of the ship just 200 yards from shore. See book: "Water and Ice: The Tragic Wrecks of the Bristol and the Mexico on the South Shore of Long Island" @ www.Lynhistory.com The wreck of the Mexico is the subject of Walt Whitman's poem, "Sleepers" in Leaves of Grass.
1953 Tornado 114 1953 Waco tornado outbreak Waco, Texas Other tornadoes in the outbreak caused an additional 30 deaths
1981 Accident - collapse 114 Hyatt Regency walkway collapse Kansas City, Missouri
1975 Accident - Aircraft 113 Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 New York City, New York
2008 Tropical cyclone 112 $29,500,000,000
(2008)		 Hurricane Ike Texas; Louisiana 34 people still missing as of 2013
1947 Accident - Coal mine 111 Centralia mine disaster Centralia, Illinois
1971 Accident - Aircraft 111 Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 Juneau, Alaska
1989 Accident - Aircraft 111 United Airlines Flight 232 Sioux City, Iowa
1996 Accident - Aircraft 110 ValuJet Flight 592 Florida Everglades
1869 Accident - Coal mine 108 Avondale Mine disaster Plymouth, Pennsylvania
1918 Accident - Railroad 101 Great Train Wreck of 1918 Nashville, Tennessee Deadliest rail accident in U.S. history
1963 Accident - Aircraft 101 Northwest Airlines Flight 293 Near Annette Island, Alaska
1972 Accident - Aircraft 101 Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 Miami, Florida
1978 Blizzard 100 $1,075,000,000
(2010)		 Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 Northeast Fatalities estimated
2003 Fire (building) 100 The Station nightclub fire West Warwick, Rhode Island 4th-deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history, killing 100 people and injuring more than 200.
1890 Accident - Shipwreck 98 Sea Wing disaster Lake Pepin near Lake City, Minnesota Strong winds toppled the excursion vessel.
1922 Roof collapse (snow) 98 Knickerbocker Theatre Washington, District of Columbia
1904 Accident - Railroad 97 Eden train wreck Pueblo, Colorado
1910 Avalanche 96 Wellington avalanche Wellington, Washington
1962 Accident - Aircraft 95 American Airlines Flight 1 New York City, New York
1958 Fire (building) 95 Our Lady of the Angels School fire Chicago, Illinois
1954 Tropical cyclone 95 Hurricane Hazel North Carolina; South Carolina U.S. victims only
1918 Accident - Railroad 93 Malbone Street Wreck Brooklyn, New York
1876 Accident - Railroad 92 Ashtabula River railroad disaster Ashtabula, Ohio
1974 Accident - Aircraft 92 TWA Flight 514 Berryville, Virginia
1973 Accident - Aircraft 89 Delta Air Lines Flight 723 Boston, Massachusetts
2000 Accident - Aircraft 88 Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Pacific Ocean near Anacapa Island, California
1990 Fire (building) 87 Happy Land fire New York City, New York
1910 Fire (rural) 86 Great Fire of 1910 Washington, Idaho, Montana
1918 Accident - Railroad 86 Hammond Circus Train Wreck Hammond, Indiana
1993 Police raid - Fire 86 Waco siege Branch Davidian Complex, Waco, Texas 6 Davidians and 4 police killed in initial raid, 76 Davidians died in assault weeks later when building was set on fire by Davidan leader David Koresh to gain martyrdom.
1968 Accident - Aircraft 85 United Airlines Flight 629 Dawson, Texas
1951 Accident - Railroad 85 Woodbridge train wreck Woodbridge, New Jersey
1980 Fire (building) 84 MGM Grand fire Las Vegas, Nevada
1965 Accident - Aircraft 84 Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 New York City, New York
1969 Accident - Aircraft 83 Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 Shelby County, Indiana A Piper Cherokee 140, piloted by a student who was a week away from getting his private pilot's license, collided with an Allegheny Airlines DC-9. The flight originated in Boston and had stopped in Baltimore and Cincinnati.[1]
1967 Accident - Aircraft 82 Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 Hendersonville, North Carolina
1986 Accident - Aircraft 82 1986 Cerritos mid-air collision Cerritos, California
1887 Accident - Railroad 81-85 Great Chatsworth train wreck Chatsworth, Illinois
1963 Accident - Aircraft 81 Pan Am Flight 214 Elkton, Maryland Lightning strike
1943 Accident - Railroad 79 Frankford Junction train wreck Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1982 Accident - Aircraft 78 Air Florida Flight 90 District of Columbia
1976 Accident - Shipwreck 78 MV George Prince ferry disaster Mississippi River, Louisiana Deadliest ferry disaster in US history
1968 Accident - Coal mine 78 Farmington Mine disaster Farmington, West Virginia
1961 Accident - Aircraft 78 TWA Flight 529 Hinsdale, Illinois
1950 Accident - Railroad 78 Kew Gardens train crash Kew Gardens, New York
1961 Accident - Aircraft 77 Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8 Richmond, Virginia
1970 Accident - Aircraft 75 Southern Airways Flight 932 Ceredo, West Virginia Deadliest sports tragedy in US history
1963 Accident - Explosion 74 Indiana State Fair Coliseum Indianapolis, Indiana
1913 Stampede 73 Italian Hall disaster Calumet, Michigan Second-largest loss of life within the state of Michigan.
1933 Accident - Airship 73 USS Akron (ZRS-4) Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of New Jersey Deadliest airship disaster in history.
1957 Fire (building) 72 Warrenton Nursing Home fire Warrenton, Missouri
1974 Accident - Aircraft 72 Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 Charlotte, North Carolina
1943 Accident - Railroad 72 Rennert railroad accident Rennert, North Carolina
2012 Tropical cyclone 72 $71,400,000,000 Hurricane Sandy Most of the United States East Coast 87 indirect fatalities occurred in the United States. At least 126 additional fatalities (75 direct; 51 indirect) occurred in the Caribbean and the Bahamas; 21 people are still missing in Haiti.
1985 Accident - Aircraft 70 Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 Reno, Nevada
1936 Flood 69 $3,000,000,000
(2006)		 Pittsburgh Flood of 1936 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area
1989 Earthquake 69 $6,000,000,000
(1989)		 Loma Prieta earthquake San Francisco Bay Area, California
1994 Accident - Aircraft 68 American Eagle Flight 4184 Roselawn, Indiana
1888 Accident - Railroad 66 Mud Run disaster Eastern Pennsylvania
1955 Accident - Aircraft 66 United Airlines Flight 409 Medicine Bow Peak, Wyoming
1959 Accident - Aircraft 65 American Airlines Flight 320 New York City, New York
1971 Earthquake 65 $500,000,000 Sylmar earthquake Greater Los Angeles Area, California
1903 Accident - Railroad 64 Connellsville train wreck Connellsville, Pennsylvania
1983 Terrorism 64 1983 United States embassy bombing Beirut, Lebanon
1960 Accident - Aircraft 63 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 Tell City, Indiana Wing failure resulting from freak vibrations in clear weather turbulence was the probable cause.[1]
1963 Fire (building) 63 Golden Age Nursing Home fire Fitchville, Ohio
1960 Accident - Aircraft 62 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 Boston, Massachusetts
1944 Military aircraft, Accident 61 Freckleton air disaster Freckleton, England An American United States Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber crashed into the centre of the village of Freckleton. It crashed into a church, 3 houses, and a pub. 38 children were killed.
1960 Tsunami 61 $500,000
(2005)		 Great Chilean earthquake Hawaii, Alaska 2,290 to 6,600 killed and $3,500,000,000 (2005) in damage worldwide. 61 killed in Hilo, Hawaii. $500,000 in U.S. property damage
1864 Accident - Railroad 60+ Shohola train wreck Shohola, Pennsylvania
1856 Accident - Railroad 59-67 Great Train Wreck of 1856 Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
2008 Tornado outbreak 59 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, and Illinois
1950 Accident - Aircraft 58 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 Lake Michigan Airplane wreckage never found
1964 Accident - Aircraft 58 Eastern Air Lines Flight 304 Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana
1965 Accident - Aircraft 58 American Airlines Flight 383 Cincinnati, Ohio
1980 Volcano 57 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens Washington
1994 Earthquake 57 $23,000,000,000 Northridge earthquake Greater Los Angeles area, California
1904 Accident - Railroad 56 New Market train wreck New Market, Tennessee
1949 Accident - Aircraft 55 Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 Alexandria, Virginia
2016 Blizzard 55 $500,000,000,
to $3,000,000,000
(2016)		 January 2016 United States blizzard Eastern United States
2004 Tropical cyclone 54 $13,000,000,000
(2004)		 Hurricane Ivan Texas, Florida Damage and death figures are for the US only. Storm caused an additional 67 deaths and ~$7 billion USD in damage across the Caribbean.
1906 Accident - Railroad 53 1906 Atlantic City train wreck Atlantic City, New Jersey
1906 Accident - Railroad 53 1906 Washington, D.C., train wreck Washington, D.C.
1947 Accident - Aircraft 53 Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 Near Port Deposit, Maryland
1910 Accident Railroad 52 Green Mountain train wreck Green Mountain, Iowa
1947 Accident - Aircraft 52 United Airlines Flight 608 Bryce Canyon, Utah
1956 Accident - Shipwreck 51 SS Andrea Doria, MS Stockholm Off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts
1978 Accident - Construction 51 Willow Island disaster Willow Island, West Virginia Scaffolding fell 166 feet (51 m) with insufficiently cured concrete
2016 Terrorism 50 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting Orlando, Florida 49 victims and 1 perpetrator. Deadliest shooting in U.S. history, and deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.
1896 Accident - Railroad 50 1896 Atlantic City rail crash Atlantic City, New Jersey
1925 Accident - Railroad 50 Rockport train wreck Hackettstown, New Jersey
1993 Flood 50 $15,000,000,000 Great Flood of 1993 Midwest
2009 Accident - Aircraft 50 Colgan Air Flight 3407 Clarence Center, New York
1867 Accident - Railroad 49 Angola Horror Angola, New York
1917 Accident - Railroad 49 Shepherdsville train wreck Shepherdsville, Kentucky
1989 Tropical cyclone 49 $7,000,000,000
(1989)		 Hurricane Hugo Caribbean and Eastern North America. Damage figure for U.S. only. At least 111 total deaths, with 37 in the continental U.S., as far north as Michigan, and 12 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico.
2004 Tropical cyclone 49 $9,000,000,000 Hurricane Frances Florida
2006 Accident - Aircraft 49 Comair Flight 5191 Lexington, Kentucky
2016 Tropical cyclone 49 $5,500,000,000
– 7,500,000,000
(2016)		 Hurricane Matthew Florida, Georgia, The Carolinas Damage and death figures are for the US only. Storm caused up to 1,606 additional deaths and $5.08 billion USD in damage across the Caribbean.
1853 Accident - Railroad 48 Norwalk rail accident Norwalk, Connecticut
1944 Accident - Railroad 48 Bagley train wreck West of Ogden, Utah
1958 Accident - Railroad 48 Newark Bay rail accident Newark Bay, New Jersey
1999 Tornado outbreak 48 $1,500,000,000
(2005)		 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Tennessee 66 tornadoes
1938 Accident - Railroad 47 Custer Creek train wreck Saugus, Montana
1944 Accident - Railroad 47 Stockton train wreck Stockton, Georgia
1993 Accident - Railroad 47 Big Bayou Canot train disaster Mobile, Alabama Deadliest train crash in Amtrak history.
2011 Tropical cyclone 47 $15,800,000,000
(2011)		 Hurricane Irene Caribbean, East Coast of the United States, Eastern Canada 47 fatalities in U.S. with 10 additional fatalities elsewhere.
1967 Accident - Bridge collapse 46 Silver Bridge - over the Ohio River Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Gallipolis, Ohio
1927 Mass murder 45 Bath School disaster Bath Township, Michigan
1972 Accident - Railroad 45 1972 Chicago commuter rail crash Chicago, Illinois
1972 Accident - Aircraft 45 United Airlines Flight 553 Chicago, Illinois
1955 Accident - Aircraft 44 United Airlines Flight 629 Longmont, Colorado
1940 Accident - Railroad 43 Doodlebug disaster Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
1963 Accident - Aircraft 43 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 Everglades, Florida
1987 Accident - Aircraft 43 PSA Flight 1771 Near Cayucos, California
2011 Tornado outbreak 43 April 14–16, 2011 tornado outbreak Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri, Louisiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania 162 tornadoes
2014 Mudflow 43 2014 Oso mudslide Oso, Washington
1989 Accident - Bridge collapse 42 Cypress Street viaduct Oakland, California
1977 Fire (building) 42 Maury County jail fire Maury County, Tennessee 33 prisoners and 9 visitors killed
1859 Bridge washout 41 Springbrook Bridge washout South Bend, Indiana
1968 Natural gas explosion 41 Richmond, Indiana explosion Richmond, Indiana
2001 Tropical cyclone 41 $5,500,000,000 Tropical Storm Allison Texas,

Louisiana, and Pennsylvania
1912 Accident - Railroad 39 Corning train wreck Corning, New York
1977 Accident - Dam failure 39 Kelly Barnes Dam Toccoa, Georgia
1997 Mass suicide 39 Heaven's Gate (religious group) San Diego, California Cult leaders Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles convinced followers they would join Comet Hale-Bopp to take them to another planet by swallowing poison.
1969 Accident - Aircraft 38 United Airlines Flight 266 Santa Monica Bay, California
1920 Terrorism 38 Wall Street bombing Manhattan, New York
1883 Tornado 37 $700,000 (1883) 1883 Rochester tornado Rochester, Minnesota F5 tornado killed 37 and injured hundreds more. It led to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
1937 Accident - airship 36 Hindenburg disaster Manchester, New Jersey Hydrogen-filled zeppelin
1969 Accident - aircraft 35 Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 Lone Pine, California
1980 Ship collision 35 Sunshine Skyway Bridge St. Petersburg, Florida
1967 Accident - Aircraft 34 Mohawk Airlines Flight 40 Blossburg, Pennsylvania
2007 Mass murder - School shooting 33 Virginia Tech shooting Blacksburg, Virginia Armed with two semi-automatic handguns, student Seung-Hui Cho shot to death 32 people in two separate attacks on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. 23 other people were wounded, 17 by gunfire. Cho committed suicide.[2]
2015 Accident - Shipwreck 33 SS El Faro Atlantic Ocean near the Bahamas A US-flagged vessel sank during Hurricane Joaquin with all on board perishing.
1963 Accident – bus 32 1963 Chualar bus crash Chualar, California Deadliest road accident in US history
1973 Fire (building) 32 UpStairs Lounge arson attack New Orleans, Louisiana
1855 Bridge - Accident 31 Gasconade Bridge train disaster Gasconade, Missouri
1981 Fire 31 [3] Keansburg, New Jersey Nursing home full of elderly and mentally disabled
2009 Tsunami 31 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami American Samoa and nearby islands 189 total deaths, with 31 in American Samoa.
1887 Structural failure 30 Forest Hills disaster Boston, Massachusetts
1923 Accident – railroad 30 Glenrock train wreck Meadow Acres, Wyoming
1956 Accident – railroad 30 Redondo Junction train wreck Los Angeles, California
1998 Blizzard 30 North American ice storm of 1998 Canada and Northeast
1871 Accident - Railroad 29 Great Revere Train Wreck of 1871 Revere, Massachusetts
1971 Accident - Explosion 29 Thiokol-Woodbine explosion Woodbine, Georgia
1975 Shipwreck 29 Wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald Lake Superior
1976 Accident - school bus 29 Yuba City bus disaster Martinez, California
1977 Accident - Aircraft 29 University of Evansville basketball team charter crash Evansville, Indiana The University of Evansville basketball team was traveling to Middle Tennessee State University when the plane crashed 90 seconds after takeoff from Dress Regional Airport.[4]
1990 Tornado 29 $160,000,000 1990 Plainfield tornado Plainfield, Illinois

Crest Hill, Illinois
2010 Accident - Coal mine 29[5] Upper Big Branch Mine disaster Montcoal, West Virginia
1951 Flood 28 $7,000,000,000
(2005)		 Great Flood of 1951 Kansas

Missouri
2012 Mass murder - School shooting 28 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting Sandy Hook, Connecticut Adam Lanza shot and killed his mother, then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School, where he fatally shot 20 students and 6 educators before committing suicide.[6]
1958 Accident - school bus 27 Prestonsburg, Kentucky bus disaster Prestonsburg, Kentucky
1988 Accident - school bus 27 Carrollton bus collision Carrollton, Kentucky
2010 Flood 26 Nashville Flood Nashville, Tennessee
1970 Tornado 26 $1,411,900,000
(2008)		 Lubbock tornado Lubbock, Texas F5 tornado killed 26 and wounded approximately 500
2008 Accident - Railroad 26 2008 Chatsworth train collision Chatsworth, California
1982 Fire (building) 25 Dorothy Mae Apartments Los Angeles, California Arson fire killed 19 residents on scene, 6 others died later from injuries.
1986 Accident - Aircraft 25 Grand Canyon Airlines Flight 6 Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona Deadliest accident involving a helicopter in US history
1991 Fire (building) 25 Hamlet chicken processing plant fire Hamlet, North Carolina Workers trapped behind locked doors
1991 Fire (rural) 25 $1,500,000,000 1991 Oakland firestorm Oakland, California, and vicinity
2005 Tornado 25 $92,000,000 Evansville Tornado of November 2005 Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio 7 tornadoes
1692 Mass hysteria

Execution Neglect

 24 Salem witch trials Salem, Massachusetts 21 executed for "Witchcraft"; 3 died in jail due to neglect.
1887 Bridge Railroad 24 Forest Hills disaster Boston, Massachusetts
1991 Mass murder 24 Luby's shooting Killeen, Texas 23 murdered, gunman committed suicide
2005 Accident - bus 24 Wilmer, Texas Carrying elderly, fleeing hurricane
2013 Tornado 24 2013 Moore tornado Moore, Oklahoma 377 people were injured
1919 Accident - Railroad 23 Onawa train wreck Onawa, Maine
1989 Accident - Explosion 23 $1,415,000,000
(1990)		 Phillips disaster Pasadena, Texas 314 people injured
1959 Explosion - Fire 23 Meldrim, Georgia, trestle disaster Meldrim, Georgia
1992 Tropical cyclone 23 $25,000,000,000 Hurricane Andrew Florida

Louisiana
1983 Accident - Aircraft 23 Air Canada Flight 797 Cincinnati, Ohio
1977 Blizzard 23 $56,250,000
(1977)		 Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 New York

Ontario

 The brunt of the blizzard was centered around Buffalo.
1999 Accident - tour bus 22 New Orleans, Louisiana Plunged over embankment, carrying senior citizens from casino
1980 Accident - tour bus 22 Jasper, Arkansas
1960 Accident - Aircraft 22 Cal Poly football team plane crash Toledo, Ohio
1942 Accident - Aircraft 22 TWA Flight 3 Potosi Mountain, southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada Among those killed were actress Carole Lombard and her mother, who were returning to Los Angeles after a war bond drive in their home state of Indiana.
1984 Mass murder 22 San Ysidro McDonald's massacre San Diego, California 19 injured
1910 Fire, Structural failure 21 Chicago Union Stock Yards fire Chicago, Illinois
1986 Accident - tour bus 21 Walker, California
1915 Fire (building) 21 St. Johns School fire Peabody, Massachusetts Schoolgirls trapped behind exit door; resulted in first city law requiring that exit doors open outward
1919 Accident - Explosion 21 $6,600,000,000
(2005)		 Great Molasses Flood Boston, Massachusetts Damages are out-of-court settlements only; repairs took 133 man-months
1910 Bombing 21 Los Angeles Times bombing Los Angeles, California
2010 Flood 20 June 2010 Arkansas floods Albert Pike Recreation Area near Langley, Arkansas
2005 Accident - Shipwreck 20 Ethan Allen boating accident Lake George (New York) Overloaded tour boat capsized from another boat's wake.
1907 Accident - Railroad 20 Woodlawn derailment Woodlawn, The Bronx, New York City The day after the New York Central Railroad inaugurated electrical train service in New York City and suburban Westchester County, an electric engine (which had a higher center of mass than the old steam engines) jumped the tracks on a curve leading into Woodlawn Station. Wreckage was strewn over a mile (1.6 km) with 20 dead and 150 injured.
1872 Fire (urban conflagration) 20 $73,500,000
(1872)		 Great Boston fire of 1872 Boston, Massachusetts
1897 Accident - Railroad 19 Garrison train crash Garrison, New York
1944 Accident - Aircraft 19 Long Creek air disaster South Portland, Maine
2013 Wildfire 19 Yarnell Hill Fire Yarnell, Arizona 19 firefighters were killed trapped when they became trapped in the fast-spreading fire
1861 Accident - Railroad 17 to 20 Platte Bridge Railroad Tragedy St. Joseph, Missouri
1903 Accident - Railroad 17 Purdue Wreck Indianapolis, Indiana
1991 Accident - Automobile 17 Dust storm accident Coalinga, California
1965 Accidents - Pipeline accidents 17 Pipeline explosion and fire Natchitoches, Louisiana
1966 Mass murder 17 University of Texas massacre Austin, Texas
1987 Accident - Railroad 17 1987 Maryland train collision Chase, Maryland
2002 Mass murder
Serial killings		 17 Beltway sniper attacks Washington metropolitan area 3 injured in the Beltway sniper attacks and 7 in preliminary shootings
1926 Tornado 16 La Plata tornado of 1926 La Plata, Maryland 13 killed in La Plata Elementary School
1978 Accident - Railroad 16 Waverly, Tennessee, tank car explosion Waverly, Tennessee An additional 43 injured
2015 Terrorism 16 2015 San Bernardino attack San Bernardino, California An additional 24 injured
2016 Accident - Hot air balloon 16 2016 Lockhart hot air balloon crash Lockhart, Texas Deadliest ballooning disaster in U.S. history
1954 Fire (building) 15 Cleveland Hill Middle School fire Cheektowaga, New York
1986 Mass murder 15 Edmond post office shooting Edmond, Oklahoma 14 victims and 1 perpetrator
1999 Mass murder 15 Columbine High School massacre Jefferson County, Colorado Armed with 2 sawed-off shotguns, a TEC-9 pistol and a carbine, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered their school in Littleton and opened fire at the students and staff, killing 12 students, 1 teacher and then killing themselves.
2011 Accident - tour bus 15 World Wide Tours bus crash Bronx, New York En route to Connecticut casino, March 12
2013 Accident - Explosion 15 West Fertilizer Company explosion West, Texas More than 160 people were injured.
2002 Automobile accident 14 I-40 bridge disaster Webbers Falls, Oklahoma
1982 Bridge - Accident 14 Cline Avenue Bridge collapse East Chicago, Indiana
1942 Accident - Railroad 14 Ambassador - Cleveland Express rail collision Dickerson, Maryland Worst accident in B&O railroad's history
1935 Bus accident 14 Appomattox River Drawbridge accident Hopewell, Virginia Bus drove across drawbridge when it was open.
1973 Accident 14 Skyline Towers collapse Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia 74 others injured
2002 Accident - van 14 Saint John River (Maine)
2007 Wildfire 14 California wildfires of October 2007 California Large fires burnt out of control across southern California, fueled by unusually strong Santa Ana winds; worst around San Diego; caused evacuation of over one million people. Most fires accidental; some arson.
2009 Mass murder 14 Binghamton shootings Binghamton, New York
1905 Accident - Railroad 13 Ninth Avenue derailment New York City, New York
1949 Mass murder 13 Camden massacre Camden, New Jersey Howard Unruh killed 13.
1963 Accident - bus 13 Hole in the Rock Trail, Utah Bus carrying Boy Scouts overturned climbing steep hill.
1983 Mass murder 13 Wah Mee massacre Seattle, Washington
2001 Accident - Mine disaster 13 Jim Walter Resources mine disaster Brookwood, Alabama
2006 Accident - Coal mine 13 Sago Mine disaster Sago, West Virginia
2007 Accident - Bridge collapse 13 $5,000,000 I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse Minneapolis, Minnesota Collapsed on August 1 at 6:05 PM during rush hour while resurfacing in progress. An additional 111+ injured.
2009 Mass murder 13 2009 Fort Hood shooting Fort Hood, Texas
2013 Mass murder 13 Washington Navy Yard shooting Washington, D.C.
1940 Automobile accident 12 Two-car collision Slayton, Minnesota The deadliest two-car auto crash in U.S. history at the time.
1959 Accident - Coal mine 12 Knox Mine disaster Pittston, Pennsylvania
2000 Accidents - Pipeline accidents 12 Gas pipeline explosion and fire Carlsbad, New Mexico
2012 Mass murder 12 2012 Aurora shooting Aurora, Colorado 70 others were injured.
1999 Accident - Railroad 11 1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash Bourbonnais, Illinois
2010 Accident - Explosion 11 Deepwater Horizon explosion Southeast of Louisiana coast Caused by a blowout on April 20. 17 injuries. Subsequent oil spill regarded as worst environmental disaster in US history.
2003 Accident - Shipwreck 11 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash New York City, New York
1976 Accident - Dam failure 11 $400,000,000 Teton Dam Idaho
2009 Mass murder 11 Geneva County massacre Geneva County, Alabama
2011 Accident - Airshow 11 2011 Reno Air Races crash Reno, Nevada At least 70 people injured in the disaster. Third-deadliest airshow disaster in U.S. history.
2005 Mass murder - Railroad 11 2005 Glendale train crash Los Angeles, California
1999 Accident - Aircraft 11 American Airlines Flight 1420 Little Rock, Arkansas
1996 Accident - Railroad 11 1996 Maryland train collision Silver Spring, Maryland
1979 Stampede 11 The Who concert disaster Cincinnati, Ohio The Who rock concert
1977 Accident - Railroad 11 Chicago Loop derailment Chicago, Illinois
2014 Accident - tour bus 10 Glenn County, California[7]
1872 Details unknown - Maritime incident 10 Mystery of the Mary Celeste Northern Atlantic Ocean The American merchant brig Mary Celeste was found abandoned (with the lifeboat missing) and adrift off the Azores 29 days after departing New York Harbor. Aboard had been five Americans (including the captain and his wife and daughter), one Dane, and four Germans. The ship's log contained no explanation as to why the ship had been abandoned. No trace of the ten people aboard has ever been found.
2004 Tropical cyclone 10 $15,000,000,000 Hurricane Charley Florida
2004 Accident - Aircraft 10 2004 Hendrick Motorsports plane crash Martinsville, Virginia
1957 Tornado 10 $25,883,000 1957 Fargo tornado Fargo, North Dakota
1972 Bridge - Accident 10 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse Brunswick, Georgia
1972 Accident - Aircraft 10 1972 Chicago–O'Hare runway collision Chicago, Illinois
1987 Bridge - Accident 10 Schoharie Creek bridge collapse Fort Hunter, New York
1978 Accident - Aircraft 10 United Airlines Flight 173 Portland, Oregon While on approach to Portland International Airport, landing gear problems with this fully loaded DC-8 caused the pilot to dump excess fuel and attempt an emergency landing. But the pilot dumped too much fuel, causing the plane to lose power and belly flop short of the runway. With 189 souls aboard and only 10 deaths and 24 non-fatal injuries, this crash had one of the highest survivor-to-casualty ratios in aviation history.
1991 Accident - Aircraft 10 Deaths of Reba McEntire's band and business manager Otay Mountain, southeast of San Diego, California Killed in the crash were seven members of Reba McEntire's band, her business manager, and two pilots, who were headed to her next gig in Fort Wayne, Indiana. McEntire and her husband were scheduled to take a later flight.
2005 Mass murder 10 Red Lake shootings Red Lake, Minnesota 5 injured
2008 Mass murder 10 Covina massacre Covina, California
2015 Mass murder - School shooting 10 Umpqua Community College shooting Roseburg, Oregon 9 victims and 1 perpetrator
1858 Structural failure - Bridge 9 Sauquoit bridge collapse Sauquoit, New York
1888 Accident - Railroad 9 Wreck at the Fat Nancy Orange County, Virginia
1920 Accident - Railroad (Trolley) 9 Bertha Trolley collision Bertha, Oregon (A former village now incorporated into the Hillsdale district of Portland) An engineer of the Southern Pacific Red Electric line ignored signals and plowed his train head-on into another. Eight died at the scene, one died later from injuries. 101 injured.
1989 Mass murder 9 Standard Gravure shooting Louisville, Kentucky
1993 Mass murder 9 101 California Street shooting San Francisco, California
2005 Accident - Railroad 9 Graniteville, South Carolina, train crash Graniteville, South Carolina
1903 Accident - Railroad 9 Wreck of the Old 97 Danville, Virginia
2007 Mass murder 9 Westroads Mall shooting Omaha, Nebraska 8 victims and 1 perpetrator
2007 Fire (building) 9 Charleston Sofa Super Store fire Charleston, South Carolina A flashover and structural collapse contributed to the deaths of nine Charleston firefighters.
2007 Accident - Coal mine 9 Crandall Canyon Mine collapse Huntington, Utah Original collapse on August 6 at 2:48 AM MDT, 6 miners missing. On August 16 at 6:30 PM MDT, 9 rescue workers caught in second collapse while trying to get to trapped miners. Three rescue workers pronounced dead; other 6 injured.
2009 Accident - Railroad 9 Washington Metro subway train collision Washington, D.C. Approximately 80 injuries.
2010 Mass murder 9 Hartford Distributors shooting Manchester, Connecticut
2012 Fire (building) 9 2012 Charleston house fire Charleston, West Virginia 1 injured
2015 Mass murder 9 Charleston church shooting Charleston, South Carolina White supremacist Dylann Roof opened fire in an all-black church, killing nine
2013 Tornado 8 2013 El Reno tornado Canadian County, Oklahoma Four storm chasers killed, including Tim Samaras; first tornado on record to kill storm chasers; 151 injured; Widest tornado on record with a path width of 2.6 miles (4.2 km).
2010 Accident - Pipeline accidents 8 San Bruno pipeline explosion San Bruno, California 58 additional injuries
2009 Accident - Automobile, Driving under the influence 8 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash Mount Pleasant, New York 3 additional injuries
1984 Fire (building) 8 Haunted Castle fire at Six Flags Great Adventure Jackson Township, New Jersey
1982 Mass murder 8 Post Family Murders Farwell, Michigan
1996 Flood 8 $500,000,000 Willamette Valley Flood of 1996 Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California
2009 Mass murder 8 Carthage nursing home shooting Carthage, North Carolina
1989 Bridge collapse 8 Hatchie River bridge collapse Memphis, Tennessee
2001 Structural failure 8 Queen Isabella Causeway collapse Cameron County, Texas
2014 Accident - Explosion 8 2014 East Harlem gas explosion New York City, New York
1987 Earthquake 8 $358,000,000 Whittier Narrows earthquake San Gabriel Valley, California This earthquake occurred on a previously unknown, concealed thrust fault approximately 20 km east of downtown Los Angeles, California.
2011 Mass murder 8 2011 Seal Beach shooting Seal Beach, California 1 injured
2015 Mass murder 8 2015 Tyrone shooting Tyrone, Missouri
1982 Mass murder - Poisoning 7 Chicago Tylenol murders Chicago, Illinois Investigation still underway, as of 2012
2012 Mass murder - School shooting 7 Oikos University shooting Oakland, California
1976 Mass murder - School shooting 7 California State University, Fullerton massacre Fullerton, California
1922 Accident - Railroad 7 1922 Winslow Junction train derailment Winslow, Arizona
1995 Bridge - Accident 7 Coalinga, California
1983 Fire - Explosion 7 1983 Buffalo propane explosion Buffalo, New York Blast killed 5 firemen and 2 civilians
1901 Fire (urban conflagration) 7 Great Fire of 1901 Jacksonville, Florida
2011 Accident - collapse 7 Indiana State Fair stage collapse Indianapolis, Indiana 58 injured
1986 Explosion Space Shuttle 7 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster Kennedy Space Center, Florida The first in-flight deaths in the U.S. Space Program. Faulty booster design and engineers overruled by administrators.
1993 Mass murder 7 Brown's Chicken massacre Palatine, Illinois
2003 Accident - Space shuttle 7 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster Texas, Louisiana Heat shield damage due to debris strike during liftoff.
2006 Mass murder 7 Capitol Hill massacre Seattle, Washington 2 injured
2012 Mass murder 7 2012 Minneapolis workplace shooting Minneapolis, Minnesota 2 injured
2014 Mass murder 7 2014 Isla Vista killings Isla Vista, California Elliot Rodger killed 6, then killed himself.
1974 Mass murder 6 "Amityville murders" committed by Ronald DeFeo Jr. Amityville, New York "Butch" DeFeo told investigators that "voices" told him to kill his parents Louise and Ronald, Sr., and his siblings Dawn, Allison, Marc, and John Matthew. All the children were 18 and younger. The murders were exploited and fictionalized and later turned into a novel by Jay Anson called The Amityville Horror which was later turned into a popular movie.
1987 Mass murder 6 Flint crack murders Flint, Michigan
1991 Shipwreck 6 "Perfect Storm" sinking of the Andrea Gail North Atlantic Ocean off Gloucester, Massachusetts Inspiration of the 1997 book and 2000 movie titled The Perfect Storm.
1991 Mass murder - School shooting 6 University of Iowa shooting Iowa City, Iowa
1993 Terrorism 6 1993 World Trade Center bombing New York City, New York At least 1,042 injured
1995 Flood 6 $1,360,000,000 May 1995 Louisiana flood New Orleans, Louisiana area
1999 Fire (building) 6 Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire Worcester, Massachusetts Six firefighters lost their lives while searching for two homeless victims. They are now commonly referred to as the Worcester 6.
2006 Mass murder 6 Trolley Square shooting Salt Lake City, Utah 4 injured
2006 Mass murder - School shooting 6 West Nickel Mines School shooting Bart Township, Pennsylvania
2008 Mass murder 6 Atlantis Plastics shooting Henderson, Kentucky
2008 Mass murder 6 Northern Illinois University shooting DeKalb, Illinois Includes the gunman who killed himself; 21 people were injured
2011 Mass murder 6 2011 Tucson shooting Arizona Attempted assassination of US representative Gabrielle Giffords. Among the fatalities were the Chief Judge for the US district court of Arizona John Roll and a ten-year-old girl.
2012 Mass murder 6 2012 Seattle cafe shooting spree Seattle, Washington 1 injured
2013 Terrorism 6 Boston Marathon bombing Boston, Massachusetts 3 immediate fatalities; 2 more people (including one of the perpetrators) were killed a few days later, and one other person died from their injuries the following year. An additional 264 people were injured by two separate bombings, which were 13 seconds apart. 17 others were injured in a gunfight a few days later (16 police officers and the other perpetrator).
2013 Collapse (building) 6 22nd and Market building collapse Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 14 other people were injured, 1 seriously. During the disaster, at least ten people were trapped under the rubble.[8][9]
2013 Mass murder 6 2013 Santa Monica shooting Santa Monica, California
2015 Mass murder 6 2015 Chattanooga shootings Chattanooga, Tennessee
2016 Mass murder 6 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers Dallas, Texas Micah Johnson shot and killed 5 officers, then was killed the next day.
1863 Mass murder 5 Wiseman massacre Wynot, Nebraska
1946 Bridge failure
Accident - Maritime		 5 John P. Grace Memorial Bridge disaster Charleston, South Carolina
1978 Shipwreck 5 Sinking of the maritime pilot vessel Can Do Massachusetts Bay, just off the North Shore During the Northeastern blizzard of 1978, a Coast Guard cutter from the USCG station in Gloucester, Massachusetts, responded to a distress call from an oil tanker, only to find itself in distress. The maritime pilot vessel Can Do responded in an effort to save the cutter. While the cutter made it back to port safely, the Can Do sank with all hands lost. Inspiration for the 2005 book Ten Hours Until Dawn.
2001 Bioterrorism 5 2001 anthrax attacks New York City, New York

Boca Raton, Florida Washington, D.C.

 17 others infected
2010 Accident - Explosion 5[10] 2010 Connecticut power plant explosion Middletown, Connecticut 12 or more injuries[11]
2011 Mass murder 5 2011 IHOP shooting Carson City, Nevada 7 injured
2013 Avalanche 5 2013 Loveland Pass, Colorado avalanche Loveland Pass, Colorado
2014 Mass murder 5 Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting Marysville, Washington
2016 Mass murder 5 2016 Cascade Mall shooting Burlington, Washington
1959 Accident - Aircraft 4 The Day the Music Died Clear Lake, Iowa Musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed along with their pilot Roger Peterson.
1963 Accident - Aircraft 4 Deaths of Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins Near Camden, Tennessee The airplane was piloted by Cline's business manager (and Copas' son-in-law) Randy Hughes
1970 Mass murder – Military action 4 Kent State shootings Kent, Ohio An additional 9 injured. Students were fired upon when protesting the Vietnam War by the Ohio National Guard.
2014 Mass murder 4 2014 Fort Hood shooting Fort Hood, Texas 14 injured
2016 Mass murder 4 2016 shooting of Baton Rouge police officers Baton Rouge, Louisiana Gavin Long killed 3 officers, then was shot dead by police
1967 Fire - Spacecraft 3 Apollo 1 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, LC-34, Cape Canaveral, Florida Fire swept through the pure-oxygen environment of the command module, killing astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.
2011 Tornado 3 2011 Springfield tornado Springfield, Massachusetts F3 tornado
1835 Fire (urban conflagration) 2 $20,000,000
(1835)		 Great Fire of New York New York City, New York
1845 Fire (urban conflagration) 2 $267,000,000
(est., 2006)		 Great Fire of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Destroyed much of city.
1891 Accident - Railroad 2 Great East Thompson Train Wreck Thompson, Connecticut Hundreds injured
2010 Suicide attack 2 2010 Austin suicide attack Austin, Texas An additional 13 injured when a man tried to crash into the field office of the Internal Revenue Service in Texas.
2013 Accident - Explosion 2 Williams Olefins Plant explosion Geismar, Louisiana 114 injured
2014 Accident - Aircraft 2 2014 KOMO-TV news helicopter crash Seattle, Washington
2014 Fire (building) 2 2014 Boston Brownstone fire Boston, Massachusetts
1995 Accident - Railroad 1 1995 Palo Verde, Arizona derailment Palo Verde, Arizona 78 injured
2000 Accident - Explosion 1 2000 Phillips explosion Pasadena, Texas 71 injuries
1922 Fire (urban conflagration) 1 or 2 $15,000,000 (1922 dollars - preliminary estimate of losses) Astoria Fire of 1922 Astoria, Oregon Approximately 30 waterfront and downtown blocks burned in a fire that started before 2 a.m. on December 8. About 2,500 of the town's more than 14,000 residents were left homeless. The 1930 US census showed that the town's population dropped by 26.1 percent after growing by 46.1 percent between 1910 and 1920. One confirmed death (heart attack); one suicide of unknown motivation.
2011 Tsunami 1 >$50,000,000 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami California, Oregon, Hawaii 7 people swept out to sea, 1 fatality. Major damage to harbors, especially in Crescent City and Santa Cruz, California, with tsunami waves reaching 8.1 feet (2.5 m). Extensive damage also reported in three Hawaiian islands, with tsunami waves up to 12 feet (3.7 m) high.
1894 Fire (urban conflagration) 0 Great Roxbury Fire of 1894, aka the Great South End Grounds Fire of 1894 Boston, Massachusetts According to conflicting reports, either a man dropped a lit cigar between the cracks of the South End Grounds floorboards, or kids were playing with matches under the wooden grandstand. A west wind exceeding 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) quickly fanned the flames. Within an hour, the ballpark and 117 houses in the neighborhood beyond the right field fence had burned. Firefighting efforts were hindered by a lack of working hydrants in the area. About 1,900 people were made homeless by the fire. Incredibly, nobody was killed.
1940 Bridge collapse due to design defect 0 $5.2 million - 1940 value of bridge;
$14 million - 1950 value of construction bonds to build the replacement		 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse Puget Sound near Tacoma, Washington A flaw in the design of the 5,939-foot (1,810 m) bridge made it extremely susceptible to aeroelastic flutter, earning the bridge the nickname "Galloping Gertie". Four months after opening, strong winds caused the bridge deck to twist back and forth like a torsion spring before it collapsed. The only casualty was a dog that cowered in the car it was riding in and bit people who tried to save it.
2009 Accident - Aircraft 0 US Airways Flight 1549, aka "The Miracle on the Hudson" Hudson River between the New York City borough of Manhattan and Weehawken, New Jersey Less than three minutes after taking off from LaGuardia Airport, this Airbus A310-214 experienced multiple bird strikes that disabled both engines, forcing a controlled water landing south of the George Washington Bridge. Souls aboard, 155; no fatalities; 100 injuries, 5 serious.
1933 Accident - Railroad 14 Binghamton, New York collision between Erie Railroad's Atlantic Express passenger train and milk train[12]
1943 Accident - Railroad 27 Wayland, New York Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad passenger train sideswiped a freight train[13]
2016 Fire (building) 33 Unknown 2016 Oakland warehouse fire Oakland, California Death toll expected to rise

Unknown fatalities

Year Type Fatalities Damage (US$) Article Location Comments
1816 Famine (caused by volcano) Unknown Year Without a Summer Volcanic dust from a massive eruption by Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies (present Indonesia) in 1815 led to an abnormally cold summer in 1816 in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Cold weather inhibited crops, and frosts and snowstorms killed what did grow, leading to a localized famine.
1888 Cold wave Unknown 1888 Northwest cold wave Northwest
1914 Fire (urban conflagration) Unknown $325,000,000
(2008)		 Great Salem fire of 1914 Salem, Massachusetts
1931–1939 Drought Unknown Unknown Dust Bowl Great Plains Compounded by unsustainable agricultural techniques
1929-37 Economic Unknown Unknown The Great Depression Worldwide

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  7. ↑ Joseph, Channing; Nirappil, Fenit. College visit turns tragic for students in Northern California bus crash Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., Associated Press, April 11, 2014.
  8. ↑ Boyette, Chris; Lear, Justin (June 5, 2013). "6 dead in Philadelphia building collapse, 13 injured". CNN. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
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