The United States has already endured a record-breaking 15 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters this year.
The United States has already endured 15 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters this year, underscoring the dangers of and need for humanity to combat the fossil fuel-driven planetary emergency.Tuesday as part of the findings in the latest monthly U.S. climate report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .
Since recordkeeping began in 1980, the U.S. has experienced 363 weather and climate disasters with damages hitting $1 billion, with a consumer price index adjustment to 2023,NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information . The total cost of those events topped $2.59 trillion. As of Tuesday, there have been 15 confirmed events with losses exceeding $1 billion including"one flooding event, 13 severe storm events, and one winter storm event," NCEI's related webpage explains."Overall, these events resulted in the deaths of 113 people and had significant economic effects on the areas impacted. The 1980-2022 annual average is 8.1 events ; the annual average for the most recent five years is 18 events .
While the total damage for the 15 events neared $40 billion, the costliest disasters were early March storms in the South and East , a tornado outbreak March 31-April 1 , and California flooding .Tuesday that"2017 is the full-year record. There were 22 billion-dollar disasters in 2017, responsible for an estimated $383.7 billion in damage, both the most of any year since 1980. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria were responsible for 86% of that damage tally in 2017.
While the Atlantic hurricane season officially begins in June, it tends to pick up in August—meaning this month could increase the billion-dollar disaster tally and put 2023 on track to break the 2017 record.
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