Weather Is Getting More Expensive 🌪
COOKEVILLE, TN – MARCH 03: Residents walk through downed utility lines and trees to survey damage caused by one of several tornadoes that tore through the state overnight on March 3, 2020 in Cookeville, Tennessee. At least eight people were killed and scores more injured in the storms that caused severe damage in downtown Nashville. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
U.S. weather disasters are getting more expensive. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says 2022 had the third-highest number of billion-dollar disasters in the U.S. since 1980, with 18.
It was also the third-costliest year due primarily to Hurricane Ian’s widespread damage in Florida.
Together, the 2022 disasters topped $165 billion, not counting the damage from December’s winter storms.
