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Top Ten US Natural Disasters
November 23, 2009 | Strategic Risk

The Strategic Risk website has a list of the top ten natural disasters of the past century and what they would cost in today’s dollars with today’s land use. The New Madrid Earthquake of 1812 and the Miami Hurricane of 1926 top the lists with over $100 billion in current damages.


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