The Nation's Top 10 Natural Disasters
Sep 14 5:13 PM US/Eastern

By The Associated Press
Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the nation's 10 deadliest natural disasters.
1. Galveston (Texas) Hurricane, 1900, estimated 8,000 deaths
2. Great Okeechobee Hurricane in Florida, 1928, estimated 2,500-plus
3. Johnstown, Pa., Flood, 1889, estimated 2,200-plus
4. Louisiana Hurricane, 1893, 2,000-plus
5. South Carolina-Georgia Hurricane, 1893, 1,000-2,000
6. Great New England Hurricane, 1938, 720
7. San Francisco Earthquake, 1906, 700
8. Georgia-South Carolina Hurricane, 1881, 700
9. Tri-State Tornado in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, 1925, 695
10. Labor Day Hurricane that hit the Florida Keys, 1935, 405
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Source: Rusty Pfost, meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Check out #9. For more information on the Tri-State Tornado destruction (as well as general tornado awareness), check out this site for pictures, stats, and just interesting thoughts regarding the 1925 disaster. It even tops the list of single tornado distances, destruction, deaths, etc.