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CNN — Extreme weather has thrashed the United States this year with more flood emergencies than any other year — a deadly, sobering statistic that scientists say paints a picture of the future as...
The monthly climatology of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters from 1980 to 2023, showing which months have the greater frequency of disasters (height of bar) and which types of events (colors) are most likely to occur in a given month.
Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the World Meteorological...
As Earth’s climate changes, it is impacting extreme weather across the planet. Record-breaking heat waves on land and in the ocean, drenching rains, severe floods, years-long droughts, extreme wildfires, and widespread flooding during hurricanes are all becoming more frequent and more intense.
The U.S. has sustained 400 weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2024). The total cost of these 400 events exceeds $2.785 trillion.
The monthly climatology of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters from 1980 to 2022, showing which months have the greater frequency of disasters (height of bar) and which types of events (colors) are most likely to occur in a given month.
America’s onslaught of mega costly weather disasters remains stuck in high gear. Federal climate scientists on Tuesday say that 2022 had 18 climate extremes that caused at least $1 billion in damage, costing more than $165 billion in damage.