Billion-dollar weather disasters are on the rise in the U.S.

In the 1980s, the U.S. experienced one (inflation-adjusted) billion-dollar disaster every four months on average. Now the country experiences one on average every three weeks.

Notes

Dollar amounts are inflation-adjusted; these include insurance losses, FEMA assistance, fire suppression costs and estimates of uninsured losses. *2023 data includes January through August.

Source: NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information

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