CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS June 4, 2024 18:52:00
New year continues a broader trend of costly weather events in recent years. in fact, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration documented 18 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2022. these events resulted in the deaths of at least 474 people and caused more than $165 billion in total damages. and these billion-dollar events are now happening more frequently in the united states, too. around every 18 days, compared with every 82 days in the 1980s. two events in 2022 in particular stood out for the sheer scale and cost of destruction. in mid-september hurricane fi...