Weather Disasters Caused $1 Billion In Damage In 2021. “Through the first nine months of 2021, the U.S. has endured 18 separate weather and climate disasters that have cost at least $1 billion, according to the latest report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information. These 18 events put 2021 in second place for the most billion-dollar disasters behind 2020, when there were 22 such events.” [Washington Post]
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