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1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake
The 1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake was a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck Colombia's Eje Cafetero coffee region on 25 January 1999, killing about 1,185 people and damaging more than 100,000 buildings.
1999 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1999 Atlantic hurricane season produced 12 named storms, 8 hurricanes, and 5 major hurricanes, with Hurricane Floyd's flooding the deadliest U.S. hurricane since 1972.
1999 Bolu-Duzce-Kaynasli earthquake
The 1999 Bolu-Duzce-Kaynasli earthquake, known in most literature as the Düzce earthquake, was a magnitude 7.1 to 7.2 earthquake that struck Düzce and Bolu in northwestern Turkey on 12 November 1999.
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 Istanbul earthquake
The 1999 Istanbul earthquake, known as the Kocaeli or İzmit earthquake, was a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey on 17 August 1999, killing 17,127 people.
1999 İzmit earthquake
The 1999 İzmit earthquake, also called the Kocaeli earthquake, was a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey on August 17, 1999, killing about 17,000 people.
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 Nantou earthquake
The 1999 Nantou earthquake, known in Taiwan as the 921 earthquake or Chi-Chi earthquake, struck central Taiwan on September 21, 1999, killing 2,456 people and collapsing more than 10,000 buildings.
1999 Odisha cyclone
The 1999 Odisha cyclone, known as the Orissa super cyclone, was a super cyclonic storm that struck near Paradip, India, on 29 October 1999, killing nearly 10,000 people.
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 Atlantic hurricane season
The 2000 Atlantic hurricane season was an above-average season that produced 14 named storms, 8 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes, with losses concentrated in Central America.
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.
2001 Atlantic hurricane season
The 2001 Atlantic hurricane season produced 15 named storms and ranked as the fourth most active on record, yet saw no U.S. hurricane landfalls for the second straight year.
2001 El Salvador earthquake
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck within the subducting Cocos plate off El Salvador on January 13, 2001, killing 944 people; a February 6.6 shock brought the total to almost 1,200.
2001 Gujarat earthquake
The 2001 Gujarat earthquake, also called the Bhuj earthquake, was a magnitude 7.7 quake in Kutch, India, on 26 January 2001 that killed roughly 13,800 people.
2001 Nisqually earthquake
The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, or Nisqually Quake, was a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Washington State on February 28, 2001, causing about $2 billion in damage.
2002 Ab Garm-Abhar-Avaj-Shirin Su earthquake
The 2002 Ab Garm-Abhar-Avaj-Shirin Su earthquake, also called the Changureh (Avaj) earthquake, was a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck northwest Iran on June 22, 2002, killing several hundred people.
2002 Atlantic hurricane season
The 2002 Atlantic hurricane season produced 12 named storms but only 4 hurricanes as El Niño suppressed activity, causing 18 deaths and about $1.2 billion in US damage.
2002 Baghlan earthquake
The 2002 Baghlan earthquake was a magnitude 6.1 quake that destroyed most of Nahrin, Afghanistan, on 25 March 2002, killing an estimated 600 to 1,200 people.
2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes
The 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes were two deadly earthquakes in northern Afghanistan in March 2002, killing several hundred people and destroying the town of Nahrin.
2002 North American drought
The 2002 North American drought, the peak of a drought begun in 1998, covered over half the US, the Canadian Prairies, and northern Mexico, with severe fires and crop losses.
2002 Nyiragongo eruption
The 2002 Nyiragongo eruption was a flank eruption of Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that sent lava through Goma on 17 January 2002.
2002 Rwanda earthquake
The 2002 Rwanda earthquake was a sequence of tectonic earthquakes felt across Rwanda during the January 2002 Nyiragongo eruption, killing 45 people and destroying hundreds of buildings.
2003 Atlantic hurricane season
The 2003 Atlantic hurricane season was an above-normal season with 16 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes, including Isabel, which struck North Carolina as a Category 2 and caused about $3.6 billion in damage.
2003 Bachu earthquake
The 2003 Bachu earthquake, also called the Bachu-Jiashi earthquake (巴楚-伽师地震), struck Bachu and Jiashi counties in western Xinjiang, China, on February 24, 2003, killing 268 people and collapsing about 70,000 rooms of housing.
2003 Bam earthquake
The 2003 Bam earthquake was a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that struck Bam in southeastern Iran on 26 December 2003, destroying the city and its ancient citadel and killing tens of thousands.
2003 Bingöl earthquake
The 2003 Bingöl earthquake was a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck Bingöl province in eastern Turkey on May 1, 2003, killing 176 people, including 84 students in a collapsed boarding school dormitory.