Horrific aftermath of Hurricane Helene continues to plague the Southeastern United States with severe weather and extreme flooding claiming lives across Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia.
Due to a frightening amount of damage and a climbing number of fatalities, Hurricane Helene already ranks among the top ten worst storms to strike mainland United States in our country's history.
Each state is familiar with some sort of unfortunate disaster, but only one catastrophic event has been devastating enough to earn the title of the worst natural disaster to ever occur there.
According to a list compiled by 24/7 Wall St., the worst natural disaster to ever occur in Illinois was the Chicago Heat Wave. This tragic event occurred in 1995 and resulted in the death of 750 individuals.
Here's what 24/7 Wall St. had to say about sourcing the data to discover the worst natural disaster to occur in the history of each state:
"24/7 Wall St. reviewed natural disasters in each state and determined the worst event by the number of fatalities. For this list, we considered disasters caused by a naturally occurring event — tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards, floods, ice storms, heat waves, avalanches, and volcanic eruptions. We used government sources such as the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the United States Geological Survey as well as media reports about these events to create the list of the worst natural disaster in each state."
For a continued list of the most devastating natural disaster in every state check out 247wallst.com.