TIMELINE: Jewish responses to worst U.S. natural disasters

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, JTA has been documenting relief efforts, volunteer opportunities and Jewish community’s response. Below is a list of natural disasters over the last 75 years that have directly impacted the U.S. and how Jewish communities have been affected by — and responded to — these events.

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TIMELINE: U.S. natural disasters and Jewish communal response

2011 Alabama Tornadoes

2005 Hurricane Katrina (New Orleans and Gulf Coast)

2004 Hurricane Charley (Central Florida)

1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak

1998 Hurricane Mitch

1994 Los Angeles Earthquake

1992 Hurricane Andrew (South Florida

1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake (San Francisco Bay Area)

1983 Flood (Mississippi, Arkansas)

1979 Texas-Oklahoma tornadoes

1977 Flood (Johnstown, Pa.)

1977 Buffalo Blizzard

1975 Omaha tornado

1974 Xenia, Oh. tornado

1972 Tropical Storm Agnes and subsequent flooding (Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Harrisburg, Pa.)

1971 L.A. earthquake

1967 St. Louis tornado

1964 Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

1954 Hurricane Hazel (Vineland, NJ)

1953 Worcester, Mass. tornado

1953 Vicksburg, Miss. tornado

1951 Flood (Kansas)

1936 Pittsburgh Flood

1933 California earthquake

1931-1939 Dust Bowl and drought

1927 St. Louis Tornado

1927 Mississippi River Flood

1926 Great Miami Hurricane