Natural disasters by state

The storm and disaster record of all 50 states, DC and the territories. Texas has the most storm events in NOAA's record (165,670 since 1950), and California the most FEMA disaster declarations (397). Every state and territory below opens its own record: hazards, the deadliest events, its counties and its federal declarations.

Every state and territory

The list also holds DC, the five territories and the three freely associated states (Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau), which FEMA's declarations name.

Storm events since 1950 (NOAA), tornadoes 1950-2025 (SPC), FEMA declarations since 1953
State	Storm events	Tornadoes	Deaths	FEMA declarations	Counties
Alabama	44,336	2,721	1,006	102	67
Alaska	9,738	5	100	95	32
American Samoa	634	0	57	17	5
Arizona	17,893	303	3,124	120	15
Arkansas	48,967	2,146	668	89	75
California	41,552	486	1,318	397	58
Colorado	51,187	2,479	322	112	64
Connecticut	7,163	127	67	43	8
Delaware	4,839	77	41	26	3
District of Columbia	994	6	17	24	1
Federated States of Micronesia	93	0	37	21	4
Florida	41,178	3,762	1,432	188	67
Georgia	56,834	2,014	457	81	159
Guam	303	0	81	25	1
Hawaii	15,419	41	178	75	5
Idaho	12,071	226	134	61	44
Illinois	66,756	3,149	1,174	68	102
Indiana	43,258	1,763	579	56	92
Iowa	69,606	3,099	223	79	99
Kansas	94,007	4,610	475	96	105
Kentucky	55,285	1,261	599	99	120
Louisiana	32,966	2,503	1,341	111	64
Maine	16,017	136	41	71	16
Marshall Islands	68	0	10	7	24
Maryland	25,037	425	241	38	24
Massachusetts	16,438	200	164	59	14
Michigan	36,397	1,152	495	46	83
Minnesota	56,536	2,216	298	81	87
Mississippi	42,127	2,883	928	99	82
Missouri	73,339	2,707	1,008	88	115
Montana	36,278	444	166	113	56
Nebraska	64,003	3,223	182	88	93
Nevada	8,761	97	990	116	17
New Hampshire	8,666	101	45	63	10
New Jersey	26,859	193	343	59	21
New Mexico	24,740	679	191	126	33
New York	56,795	536	647	118	62
North Carolina	54,913	1,551	729	85	100
North Dakota	33,350	1,739	100	76	53
Northern Mariana Islands	139	0	17	30	5
Ohio	51,840	1,402	462	61	88
Oklahoma	82,919	4,516	705	259	77
Oregon	11,439	136	410	174	36
Palau	25	0	2	1	0
Pennsylvania	54,501	993	893	64	67
Puerto Rico	6,666	33	290	51	78
Rhode Island	2,495	20	20	31	5
South Carolina	32,809	1,225	338	51	46
South Dakota	55,877	1,956	147	98	66
Tennessee	46,286	1,479	804	97	95
Texas	165,670	9,617	2,507	392	254
U.S. Virgin Islands	422	1	11	33	3
Utah	12,098	142	257	61	29
Vermont	11,007	50	62	62	14
Virginia	57,829	835	249	77	134
Washington	10,042	136	332	223	39
West Virginia	29,911	177	153	85	55
Wisconsin	46,400	1,618	550	56	72
Wyoming	26,150	750	116	45	23

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through June 30, 2026; NOAA SPC tornado database; FEMA OpenFEMA declarations through October 2, 2026. Search the record at NCEI.

The states with the most storm events

Texas 165,670
Kansas 94,007
Oklahoma 82,919
Missouri 73,339
Iowa 69,606
Illinois 66,756
Nebraska 64,003
Virginia 57,829
Georgia 56,834
New York 56,795
Minnesota 56,536
South Dakota 55,877
Kentucky 55,285
North Carolina 54,913
Pennsylvania 54,501

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; counts grow with a state's size and with reporting (see the rankings for per-square-mile measures).