Windstorms and Coastal Inundation
Tornado, Joplin, Missouri, 2011
The May 22, 2011, massive tornado that struck Joplin, Mo., was rated category EF5, the most powerful on the Enhanced Fujita scale. It impacted an area approximately three-quarters of a mile wide by 14 miles long, destroyed some 8,000 structures in its path, and killed more than 150 people. This makes it the single deadliest tornado in the United States in the 61 years that official records have been kept. Because of the tornado's widespread destruction across a range of building and construction types, along with the tragically large death toll despite a comparatively substantial warning time, NIST is conducting a full technical study of the impacts of the disaster. >> More
Dallas Cowboys Indoor Practice Facility Collapse, 2009
Hurricanes Katrina (August 29) and Rita (September 24), U.S. Gulf Coast, 2005
Tornado, La Plata, Maryland, 2002
Hurricanes Georges (Caribbean, September 21) and Mitch (Central America, October 26), 1998
Tornado, Spencer, South Dakota, May 30, 1998
Tornado, Jarrell, Texas, May 27, 1997
Hurricane Fran, North Carolina, September 5-6, 1996
Hurricane Marilyn, U.S. Virgin Islands, September 15-16, 1995
Hurricane Andrew, South Florida and Louisiana, August 23–26, 1992
Overall view of the collapsed Dallas Cowboys practice facility after the fabric covering was removed.
(Photo credit: NIST)