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The most shocking and devastating storms in American history

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1888: The Great White Hurricane, East Coast
1900: The Great Galveston Storm, Texas
1913: The Great Storm, Great Lakes
1922: Knickerbocker Storm, East Coast
1925: Great Cyclone Disaster, Midwest and South
1926: Great Miami Hurricane, Florida
1928: Okeechobee Hurricane, Florida
1936: Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak, Mississippi and Georgia
1938: The Great New England Hurricane, New England
1947: The Woodward tornado, Oklahoma
1953: The Flint-Beecher Tornado, Michigan
1954: Hurricane Carol, New England
1962: Columbus Day Storm, Oregon and Washington State
1965: Palm Sunday Twin Tornadoes, Indiana
1969: Hurricane Camille, Mississippi and southeastern states
1972: Hurricane Agnes, East Coast
1978: Northeastern Blizzard, New England, New Jersey and New York
1989: Hurricane Hugo, the Carolinas and Puerto Rico
1992: Hurricane Iniki, Hawaii
1992: Hurricane Andrew, Florida
1993: Superstorm, various states
1996: The North American Blizzard, various states
1999: Hurricane Floyd, North and South Carolinas
2004: Hurricane Charley, Florida
2005: Hurricane Katrina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana
2005: Hurricane Wilma, Florida
2008: Hurricane Ike, Texas
2008: The Super Tuesday Outbreak, various states
2011: Super tornado outbreak, Alabama
2011: Joplin Tornado, Missouri
2012: Superstorm Sandy, New York and New Jersey
2012: Harrisburg Tornado, Illinois
2013: Tornado outbreak, Indiana
2015: Flooding, South Carolina
2016: Winter Storm Jonas, East Coast
2017: Hurricane Harvey, Texas and Louisiana
2017: Hurricane Irma, Florida
2017: Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico
2018: Hurricane Michael, Florida
2018: Hurricane Florence, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia
2019: Midwest Floods, various states
2020: Tornado outbreak, various states
2020: Hurricane Laura, Louisiana and Texas
2020: Hurricane Delta, Louisiana
2021: Mega snowstorm, northeastern states
2021: Winter Storm Uri, various states
2021: Tropical Storm Henri, Rhode Island
2021: Tropical Storm Henri, New Jersey
2021: Tropical Storm Henri, New York
2021: Floods, Tennessee
2021: Hurricane Ida, Louisiana
2021: Hurricane Ida, Louisiana
2021: Hurricane Ida, Louisiana
2021: Hurricane Ida, New Jersey
2021: Hurricane Ida, New York
2021: Tornado, various states
2021: Tornado, various states
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Monsters from above

From catastrophic hurricanes and terrifying twisters to bone-chilling blizzards, the USA has seen more than its fair share of powerful and deadly weather systems. We take a look at storms of record ferocity that have wreaked damage and destruction throughout history. Read on to discover more...
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17 January 2022

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