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Damages from billion-dollar disasters surged in 2021, NOAA says

Episode Summary

Twenty separate climate and weather disasters costing $1 billion dollars or more inflicted a combined $145 billion of damage in the United States in 2021, the fourth-warmest year on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday.

Episode Notes

Twenty separate climate and weather disasters costing $1 billion dollars or more inflicted a combined $145 billion of damage in the United States in 2021, the fourth-warmest year on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday.

 

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