U.S. billion-dollar weather disasters set an all-time record in 2023
NOAA’s 2023 billion-dollar weather disaster list included sever storms, cyclones, floods, a winter weather event, a drought and a wildfire.
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NOAA’s 2023 billion-dollar weather disaster list included sever storms, cyclones, floods, a winter weather event, a drought and a wildfire.
"Led by a record-costly swarm of severe weather episodes, the contiguous United States suffered 28 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2023, the highest number in inflation-adjusted data going back to 1980, according to NOAA. The former record was 22, set in 2020."
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