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1925 Tri-State tornado
The 1925 Tri-State tornado, also called the Great Tri-State tornado, crossed Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925, killing 695, the deadliest toll from a single US tornado.
1947 Higgins–Woodward tornado
The 1947 Higgins–Woodward tornado, also called the Glazier–Higgins–Woodward or Woodward tornado, was a violent F5 tornado that killed 181 people in Texas and Oklahoma on April 9, 1947.
1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak
The 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak was a series of 47 tornadoes that struck the Midwest on April 11–12, 1965, killing 271 people and injuring more than 3,400.
1972 Iran blizzard
The 1972 Iran blizzard was a weeklong series of snowstorms that struck Iran from 3 to 9 February 1972, the deadliest blizzard in recorded history, killing more than 4,000 people.
1974 Super Outbreak
The 1974 Super Outbreak was a tornado outbreak on April 3–4, 1974, when 148 tornadoes struck 13 US states and Ontario, killing 335 people and injuring more than 6,000.
1976 Jordan, Iowa tornado
1976 Jordan, Iowa tornado: F5 tornado of June 13, 1976, in Boone County, Iowa; 17-mile path through Jordan, nine injured, no deaths, paired with an anticyclonic F3 tornado.
1979 Wichita Falls tornado
The 1979 Wichita Falls tornado was a violent F4 tornado that struck Wichita Falls, Texas, on April 10, 1979, killing more than 40 people and causing $400 million in damage.
1980 United States heat wave
The 1980 United States heat wave was a protracted heat and drought episode, centered on the Great Plains, that killed over 1,250 people and cost billions of dollars.
1985 Niles–Wheatland tornado
The 1985 Niles–Wheatland tornado was a violent F5 tornado that struck northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania on May 31, 1985, killing 18 people and injuring 310.
1988–89 North American drought
The 1988–89 North American drought was a severe drought centered on the US Midwest and Great Plains, causing about $40 billion in losses and thousands of deaths.
1991 Andover tornado
The 1991 Andover tornado was an F5 tornado that struck south-central Kansas on April 26, 1991, killing 17 people, including 13 at Andover's Golden Spur Mobile Home Park.
1991 Perfect Storm
The 1991 Perfect Storm, also called the Halloween Storm or No-Name Storm, was a nor'easter that battered the Atlantic seaboard from North Carolina to Canada in late October 1991.
1993 Storm of the Century
The 1993 Storm of the Century, also called the Superstorm of '93, was a massive winter storm that struck the eastern United States in March 1993.
1995 Chicago heat wave
The 1995 Chicago heat wave was a five-day episode of extreme heat and humidity in July 1995 that killed more than 700 people in the Chicago region.
1997 Central European flood
The 1997 Central European flood, known in Poland as the Millennium Flood (powódź tysiąclecia), was a July 1997 flood of the Oder basin that killed 114 people.
1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak
The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak was a severe weather event on May 27, 1997, producing about 20 tornadoes along the Interstate 35 corridor, including an F5 that killed 27 people in Jarrell.
1998 Oak Grove–Birmingham tornado
The 1998 Oak Grove–Birmingham tornado was a violent F5 tornado that struck the western suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama, on April 8, 1998, killing 32 people along a 30.6-mile track.
1998 Southern United States drought and heat wave
The 1998 Southern United States drought and heat wave was a summer climate disaster from Texas to Florida that caused about $6 to $9 billion in damages.
1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado
The 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado was an F5 tornado that struck the Oklahoma City area on May 3, 1999, killing 36 people along a 38-mile path.
1999 Eastern United States drought
The 1999 Eastern United States drought was a severe dry episode in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic from April to mid-August 1999, ended by Hurricane Floyd's rains.
1999 Mulhall tornado
On May 3, 1999, the 1999 Mulhall tornado struck Mulhall, Oklahoma, as one of the strongest members of the Great Plains tornado outbreak that year.
1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak
The 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak struck central Oklahoma and southern Kansas on May 3, 1999, producing 72 tornadoes, including an F5, and killing 48 people.
2000 Fort Worth tornado outbreak
The 2000 Fort Worth tornado outbreak struck Fort Worth and Arlington, Texas, on March 28, 2000, killing two people and causing about $450 million in damage.
2000 Mozambique flood
The 2000 Mozambique flood was a nationwide disaster peaking in February and March 2000, when cyclones Connie and Eline killed about 700 people and displaced roughly half a million.
2000 Western United States drought
The 2000 Western United States drought was a severe dry episode in spring through fall 2000, driven by La Niña and fueling one of the worst western wildfire seasons in 50 years.
2003 European heat wave
The 2003 European heat wave was a prolonged extreme heat episode across Western and Central Europe, causing about 70,000 deaths and over 13 billion euros in losses.
2004 Dominican Republic floods
The 2004 Dominican Republic floods were two episodes of severe flooding on Hispaniola in 2004 that killed well over a thousand people, destroying much of Jimaní in May.
2008 Parkersburg–New Hartford tornado
The 2008 Parkersburg–New Hartford tornado, also called the Parkersburg Tornado, was an EF5 tornado that killed 9 people in northeastern Iowa on May 25, 2008.
2009–2010 Mongolian zud
The 2009–2010 Mongolian zud (Mongolian: зуд) was a winter livestock disaster in which extreme cold and deep snow after drought killed over 10 million animals in Mongolia.
2011 Cullman–Arab tornado
The 2011 Cullman–Arab tornado was an EF4 tornado that struck northern Alabama on April 27, 2011, with 175 mph winds along a 47-mile path through Cullman and Arab.