List of disasters in the United States by death toll

Columns: Year | Type | Fatalities | Article | Location | Comments
1900 | Tropical cyclone | 6,000 to 12,000 | 1900 Galveston hurricane | Texas | Fatalities estimated . Remains the deadliest natural disaster in United States history | 1899 | Tropical cyclone | 3,389 | 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane | Puerto Rico , East Coast of the United States | 1906 | Earthquake and fire ( urban conflagration ) | 3,000+ | 1906 San Francisco earthquake | San Francisco , California | Conflagration followed quake ; fatalities estimated ; also major casualties in Santa Rosa and San Jose . Deadliest earthquake in U.S. history | 2001 | Terrorism | 2,996 | September 11 attacks | New York City , Arlington County , Virginia , and Stonycreek Township near Shanksville , Pennsylvania | 2,977 victims and 19 hijackers . Deadliest in New York City and the Washington DC metropolitan area . Deadliest terrorist attack in world history | 2017 | Tropical cyclone | 2,982 ( estimated ) | Hurricane Maria | Puerto Rico , United States Virgin Islands , East Coast of the United States | Total includes at least 2,975 deaths based on a study by GWU on the estimated excess mortality . The official death count was previously 64 . The storm caused $ 90 billion ( 2017 USD ) in damage in Puerto Rico , and three deaths in the U.S. Virgin Islands , as well as an additional 75 deaths and $ 1.6 billion in damage across the rest of the Caribbean | 1928 | Tropical cyclone | 2,823 | 1928 Okeechobee hurricane | Florida , Puerto Rico | 4,000+ believed dead total . Includes 2,511+ in the contiguous United States , 312 in Puerto Rico | 1941 | Military strike - bombing | 2,467 | Attack on Pearl Harbor | Honolulu , Territory of Hawaii and nearby military installations | 2,403 U.S. victims and 64 Japanese attackers . Deadliest attack on U.S. soil by a foreign government to date

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 ?

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