Billion-dollar weather disasters now happen once every 18 days. That compares to 82 days between such disasters in the 1980s.
, a research and communications nonprofit, the frequency of billion-dollar weather disasters is now about one event every 18 days.The list of 2022 billion-dollar disasters includes a derecho, or long-lived severe thunderstorm complex producing damaging winds, that swept across the Midwest. A tornado outbreak in April in Georgia and South Carolina also made the cut.
Typically, hurricanes are the costliest type of weather and climate-related disasters, followed by droughts.Early estimates from Hurricane Ian damage surveys indicate it was one of the costliest storms in U.S. history, withAfter the two hurricanes and the wildfires are included, the 2022 disaster toll through the end of September will likely exceed $100 billion.NOAA data shows that each decade since the 1980s has experienced more billion-dollar disasters and higher costs than the decade before.
Much of the increase in damage costs is related to population growth in vulnerable areas, such as the hurricane-prone Gulf Coast. This gives storms, many of which are worsened by climate change, a bigger bullseye to target.Axios on facebook
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