![](https://247wallst.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/black-hills-flood-south-dakota-1972.jpg)
Source: Fred Ross / Toronto Star via Getty Images
41. South Dakota
> Natural disaster: Black Hills Flood
> Date: June 9-10, 1972
> Fatalities: 238
> Other event considered: Schoolhouse Blizzard-1888
![](https://247wallst.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/tn-tornado-outbreak-e1528481756515.jpg)
Source: Courtesy of Tennessee State Library and archives
42. Tennessee
> Natural disaster: Southern United States Tornado Outbreak
> Date: March 21-22, 1952
> Fatalities: 67
> Other event considered: Nashville Tornado-1933
![](https://247wallst.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/galveston-hurricane-flood-1900.jpg)
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Department of Commerce
43. Texas
> Natural disaster: Galveston Hurricane
> Date: Sept. 8, 1900
> Fatalities: 8,000
> Other event considered: Brazos River Flood-1899
![](https://247wallst.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bingham-canyon-avalanche-e1528479085331.jpg)
Source: Utah State Historical Society
44. Utah
> Natural disaster: Bingham Canyon Avalanche
> Date: Feb. 17, 1926
> Fatalities: 36
> Other event considered: Flash flood-2015
![](https://247wallst.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/great-vermont-flood-of-1927.jpg)
Source: Vermont Historical Society
45. Vermont
> Natural disaster: Great Vermont Flood
> Date: Nov. 2-4, 1927
> Fatalities: 84
> Other event considered: Great New England Hurricane-1938