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2024: An active year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/2024-active-year-us-billion-dollar-weather-and-climate-disasters
According to data gathered and summarized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the United States witnessed 27 separate environmental disasters that individually resulted in more than a billion dollars of damage during the 2024 calendar year. These incidents, which range from winter storms to wildfires to hurricanes, were all related to climate change.
In other words, in just one year, 27 climate disasters caused a total of almost $183 billion in damages. And that's not counting the other 376 "smaller" climate disasters recorded in 2024. And that’s just in our own country. Fun times.
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/2024-active-year-us-billion-dollar-weather-and-climate-disasters
According to data gathered and summarized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the United States witnessed 27 separate environmental disasters that individually resulted in more than a billion dollars of damage during the 2024 calendar year. These incidents, which range from winter storms to wildfires to hurricanes, were all related to climate change.
In other words, in just one year, 27 climate disasters caused a total of almost $183 billion in damages. And that's not counting the other 376 "smaller" climate disasters recorded in 2024. And that’s just in our own country. Fun times.