US government statistics show that natural disasters and severe weather damage cost the United States at least $165 billion and killed about 474 people last year.
Yesterday, Tuesday, according to a US government report, major hurricanes, wildfires, drought and the last severe winter storm in the United States in the year 2022 caused more than $165 billion in damages, an increase of $10 billion over the total. 2021 and the third costliest since records began for the biggest losses. In 1980
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOVA, said the nation experienced 18 separate weather and climate disasters worth $1 billion in 2022, with Hurricane Ian costing nearly $123 billion.
Adam Smith, an applied meteorologist at NOAA, which released the data, said last year was “part of a trend of very active disaster years across the US,” according to the British Guardian newspaper.
Since 2016, there have been 122 separate weather events worth $1 billion, killing more than 5,000 people and causing more than $1 trillion in damage.
