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Fatalities caused by natural disasters in the United States 1900-2016, by disaster type

Number of fatalities caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type

The data displays the number of fatalities that were caused by different types of natural disaster in the U.S. from 1900 to 2016. Total 16,134 people have been killed as a result of tropical cyclones in the U.S. from 1900 and 2016. In 2016, the U.S. were hit by 2 tropical cyclones. The total number of natural disasters occurring on U.S. territory amounted to 91 during that year.

Tropical cyclone 16134
General flood 8458
Convective storm 8185
Heat wave 4801
Ground movement 2826
Forest fire 1249
Landslide 658
Riverine flood 650
Cold wave 381
Viral disease 217
Flash flood 206
Parasitic disease 100
Ash fall 90
Coastal flood 72
Tsunami 61
Extra-tropical storm 61
Land fire (Brush, Bush, Pastur) 27
Severe winter conditions 19
Drought 0