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You mean the most destructive on American soil. Because all the wars since then have been on foreign soil.
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Hurricane Andrew is one of the most destructive hurricanes in U.S. history, and in fact was the number 1 most destructive until Hurricane Katrina.
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No. Hurricane Katrina is still by far the most destructive hurricane in U.S. history and one of the deadliest. Hurricane Sandy is the second most destructive on record.
In terms of the cost of damage, the most destructive tornado on record struck Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. The cost of damage totaled $2.8 billion.
Most rivers are normally both, constructive and destructive, but with the Chattahoochee River you could make quite an argument, that within the last couple of years, it has been been more destructive with all the flooding.
Tornadoes in Canada are usually not as bad as they are in the U.S. But a number of tornadoes in Canadian history, perhaps most notable the Edmonton tornado of 1987, have been pretty destructive.
The most destructive earthquake in US history was the Prince William Sound earthquake. This earthquake did extensive damage across the Gulf of Alaska.