List of disasters in the United States by death toll

Columns: Year | Type | Fatalities | Article | Location | Comments
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 | 1865 | Accident - shipwreck | 1,700 | Sultana | Marion , Arkansas / Helena , Arkansas | Steamboat sank due to boiler explosion ; fatalities estimated . Deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history | 1980 | Heat wave | 1,700 | 1980 United States heat wave | Central and southern states | Official death toll , may have been higher | 1871 | Wildfire | 1,500-2,500 | Peshtigo Fire | Peshtigo , Wisconsin , Upper Peninsula of Michigan | Fatalities estimated ; most deaths in single fire in U.S. history | 2005 | Tropical cyclone | 1,245-1,836 | Hurricane Katrina | Florida , Louisiana , Mississippi , Alabama , Georgia , Kentucky , and Ohio | Tied with Hurricane Harvey as the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history | 1915 | shipwreck , Military strike - Submarine | 1,198 | Sinking of the RMS Lusitania | North Atlantic Sea near the Old head of Kinsale Ireland | The RMS Lusitania was an ocean liner sunk by a German torpedo fired from a submarine during World War One

Example questions:
What was the type of disaster that occurred in the second largest state in the United States by area ? | How many fatalities occurred due to the preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States ? | What was the death toll of the worst maritime disaster in United States history ? | What was the type of disaster in the United States that left much of western Carlton County devastated ?

Answers:
Tropical cyclone | 2,467 | 1,700 | Wildfire