This year, the U.S. had a record-breaking 23 natural disasters exceeding $1 billion in damages
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This year, the U.S. had a record-breaking 23 natural disasters exceeding $1 billion in damages

Salon  

From the wildfires in Maui to Hurricane Idalia in Florida and heavy flooding in Southern California, this year the U.S. has been struck with a major natural disaster at an approximate rate of once every week and half. Altogether, NOAA reported severe weather events this year caused 253 direct and indirect fatalities, but those could continue to rise as 66 were still missing in Maui as of Tuesday. The disasters took place in a landscape of changing climates, with the hottest summer ever recorded causing power outages and droughts in some regions and severe rain caused by tropical storms flooding others. As temperatures rise due to global warming, natural disasters like hurricanes also become more severe, pulling in more heat and becoming stronger with more rainfall. "These record-breaking numbers, during a year that is on track to be one of the hottest ever, are sobering and the latest confirmation of a worsening trend in costly disasters, many of which bear the undeniable fingerprints of climate change," said Rachel Cletus of the Union of Concerned Scientists, in a statement Monday.

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Hurricane Helene to Typhoon Yagi: Worst climate disasters of 2024 that caused billions in damage
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Hurricane Helene to Typhoon Yagi: Worst climate disasters of 2024 that caused billions in damage

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Disasters are being supercharged by decisions to keep burning fossil fuels, and to allow emissions to rise.” open image …

$228 billion lost, 2,000 lives taken: The shocking cost of 10 worst climate disasters of 2024 revealed
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$228 billion lost, 2,000 lives taken: The shocking cost of 10 worst climate disasters of 2024 revealed

Live Mint  

2024 year-ender: Ever wondered what is the economic cost of extreme weather events? Well, the ten worst climate disasters resulted in an estimated damage of over $228 billion worldwide in 2024, a new report revealed. The report titled ‘Counting the Cost 2024: A Year of Climate Breakdown’ by Christian Aid also highlights ten extreme weather events that didn’t rack up …

'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024
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'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024

Raw Story  

From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024. World Weather Attribution, experts on how global warming influences extreme events, said nearly every disaster they analyzed over the past 12 months was intensified by climate change. - Floods - …

Extreme weather events cost Americans hundreds of billions of dollars this year
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Extreme weather events cost Americans hundreds of billions of dollars this year

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Extreme weather events in 2024 will ultimately cost Americans more than $500 billion in total …

Hurricanes ravaged the U.S. this year and caused $500 billion in damage and economic loss, experts say
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hurricanes ravaged the U.S. this year and caused $500 billion in damage and economic loss, experts say

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Experts say hurricanes this year in the U.S. have caused around $500 billion in damage and economic losses This …

Hurricanes contribute to thousands of deaths each year — many times the reported number
3 months, 1 week ago

Hurricanes contribute to thousands of deaths each year — many times the reported number

NPR  

Hurricanes contribute to thousands of deaths each year — many times the reported number toggle caption Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Hurricane Helene ripped up from Florida to the Carolinas last week, killing more than 100 people and leaving devastation in its wake that will take weeks or months even to assess. But the new study shows that losses continue for …

US suffered 28 extreme weather events in 2023, lost $93 billion in damages
1 year ago

US suffered 28 extreme weather events in 2023, lost $93 billion in damages

India Today  

In an unprecedented year for climate extremes, the United States grappled with a historic number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, as reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The nation's average temperature soared to the fifth-highest on record, signaling a troubling trend that experts attribute to climate change and possibly the El Nino weather phenomenon. The global stage also …

REVEALED: The US has suffered a record 23 billion-dollar climate disasters so far this year costing an eye-watering $57.6 BILLION - as tornadoes, wildfires and flooding ravaged the nation
1 year, 3 months ago

REVEALED: The US has suffered a record 23 billion-dollar climate disasters so far this year costing an eye-watering $57.6 BILLION - as tornadoes, wildfires and flooding ravaged the nation

Daily Mail  

Hundreds of Americans have died due to climate catastrophes in 2023, which has already smashed records for the highest number of billion-dollar disasters incurred in a single year. With four months still to go, the US has been struck by 23 disasters which came at a loss of at least $1 billion each - eclipsing the previous annual record of …

U.S. sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — with 4 months still to go
1 year, 4 months ago

U.S. sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — with 4 months still to go

LA Times  

Ryan Orosco carries his son, Johnny, on his back amid floodwaters around their home in the Northern California city of Brentwood in January. The deadly fires in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the U.S. to a record for the number of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or more — with four months still to go …

US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year -- and there's still 4 months to go
1 year, 4 months ago

US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year -- and there's still 4 months to go

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I would not expect things to slow down anytime …

US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — and there’s still 4 months to go
1 year, 4 months ago

US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — and there’s still 4 months to go

Associated Press  

The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to a record for the number of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or more. “I would not expect things to slow down anytime soon.” NOAA has been tracking billion-dollar weather disasters in the United States since 1980 and adjusts damage costs for inflation. …

US sees record number of ‘billion-dollar’ disasters so far this year
1 year, 4 months ago

US sees record number of ‘billion-dollar’ disasters so far this year

Al Jazeera  

The government agency NOAA has tallied 23 billion-dollar weather disasters, surpassing a previous record set the year before. The United States has experienced a record number of natural disasters with damage estimated at more than $1bn, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association reported, as extreme weather events increase due to climate change. NOAA, a federal weather and storm monitoring agency, …

Two million killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century: World Meteorological Organisation
1 year, 7 months ago

Two million killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century: World Meteorological Organisation

The Hindu  

Nearly 12,000 extreme weather, climate and water-related events over the past half-century around the globe have killed more than 2 million people and caused economic damage of $4.3 trillion, the U.N. weather agency said on May 22. The Geneva-based agency has repeatedly warned about the impact of man-made climate change, saying rising temperatures have increased the frequency and intensity of …

El Ninos are far costlier than once thought, in the trillions, study says -- and one’s brewing now
1 year, 7 months ago

El Ninos are far costlier than once thought, in the trillions, study says -- and one’s brewing now

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The natural burst of El Nino warming that changes weather worldwide is far costlier with longer-lasting expenses than experts had thought, averaging trillions of dollars in damage, a new study found. “Economies bear the scars of El Nino for a decade or more and potentially forever,” said study co-author Justin Mankin, a Dartmouth climate scientist. Because “the impacts …

Climate change helped make 2022 the 3rd most expensive year on record
2 years ago

Climate change helped make 2022 the 3rd most expensive year on record

The Hindu  

US weather disasters are getting costlier as more people move into vulnerable areas and climate change raises the risks of extreme heat and rainfall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned as it released its annual billion-dollar disasters report on January 10, 2023. For example, “it is clear that climate change increases the upper limit on hurricane strength and rain …

US suffered 18 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2022
2 years ago

US suffered 18 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2022

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The United States experienced 18 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2022 – the …

NOAA: Ian, drought supercharged US weather extremes in 2022
2 years ago

NOAA: Ian, drought supercharged US weather extremes in 2022

Associated Press  

DENVER — Costly weather disasters kept raining down on America last year, pounding the nation with 18 climate extremes that caused at least $1 billion in damage each, totaling more than $165 billion, federal climate scientists calculated Tuesday. Even though 2022 wasn’t near record hot for the United States, it was the third-wildest year nationally both in number of extremes …

California storm costs could add up to nation’s first billion-dollar disaster of 2023
2 years ago

California storm costs could add up to nation’s first billion-dollar disaster of 2023

LA Times  

As severe storms continue to hit California, a climate expert warns that the costs to the state could be in excess of $1 billion. The total is a reflection of “physical damage to homes, businesses and municipal properties,” said Adam Smith, an applied climatologist and disaster expert with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “Clearly, when everything is said and …

2022 was a historic year for climate change reform — and for natural disasters
2 years ago

2022 was a historic year for climate change reform — and for natural disasters

Salon  

It may seem like 2022 was such a slog it felt more like three years instead of one — something about the pandemic has warped time perception — but even so, on geological timescales, it was a blip. Our planet's average temperature has fluctuated many times throughout its 4.5 billion year history, but things are heating up, fast, and humans …

New abnormal: Climate disaster damage 'down' to $268 billion
2 years, 1 month ago

New abnormal: Climate disaster damage 'down' to $268 billion

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’re just getting used to it but that’s not …

Storms are Australia’s most costly natural disasters, so why are we so unprepared for them?
2 years, 2 months ago

Storms are Australia’s most costly natural disasters, so why are we so unprepared for them?

ABC  

Australians are familiar with the ravages of drought, bushfire and flood, but severe storms are the nation's most costly natural disasters, according to financial analysts. A report released on the anniversary of the disaster by EMV, described it as "one of the single largest operational events in Victoria State Emergency Service's history" and the state's largest power outage event. "We …

Floods, droughts, storms can cost global economy $5.6 trillion by 2050: Report
2 years, 4 months ago

Floods, droughts, storms can cost global economy $5.6 trillion by 2050: Report

Live Mint  

Worsening droughts, storms and torrential rain in some of the world's largest economies could cause $5.6 trillion in losses to the global economy by 2050, according to a report released on Monday. Last year's extreme droughts, floods and storms led to global losses of more than $224 billion, according to the Emergency Events Database maintained by the Brussels-based Centre for …

Hurricanes are getting stronger. Blame the climate crisis
2 years, 5 months ago

Hurricanes are getting stronger. Blame the climate crisis

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. These results point to what climate scientists say is a trend in hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons — different names …

Extreme weather in the U.S. cost 688 lives and $145 billion last year, NOAA says
3 years ago

Extreme weather in the U.S. cost 688 lives and $145 billion last year, NOAA says

NPR  

Extreme weather in the U.S. cost 688 lives and $145 billion last year, NOAA says Enlarge this image toggle caption Gillian Flaccus/AP Gillian Flaccus/AP Wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes and a winter storm and cold wave were among 20 weather and climate disasters in the U.S. last year that cost $1 billion or more, totaling $145 billion and killing 688 people, according …

2021 was US’s fourth hottest year on record with 20 billion-dollar climate disasters
3 years ago

2021 was US’s fourth hottest year on record with 20 billion-dollar climate disasters

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The US had 20 separate, billion-dollar climate and weather disasters in 2021 during its fourth-hottest …

Deadly extreme weather year for US as carbon emissions soar
3 years ago

Deadly extreme weather year for US as carbon emissions soar

Associated Press  

The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021, while the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions last year jumped 6% because of surges in coal and long-haul trucking, putting America further behind its 2030 climate change cutting goal. And last year was the deadliest weather year for the contiguous United …

Deadly extreme weather year for U.S. as carbon emissions soar
3 years ago

Deadly extreme weather year for U.S. as carbon emissions soar

LA Times  

2021 had the second-highest number of billion-dollar weather disasters — which are adjusted for inflation with records going back to 1980 — and third costliest. The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021, while the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions last year jumped 6% because of surges in coal …

As 2021 comes to an end, a look at 10 of the biggest disasters to strike this year
3 years ago

As 2021 comes to an end, a look at 10 of the biggest disasters to strike this year

Firstpost  

The year 2021 saw multiple natural disasters wreaking havoc in different parts of the world. Winter storm Uri in Texas, USA: In February, southern and central USA was hit by winter storm Uri, which brought life to a standstill in the region. As per CNBC TV18, at least 223 deaths were reported due to severe winter storm. Cyclone Tauktae in …

Top 10 extreme climate events of 2021 each cost over $1.5 bn of damage, report says
3 years ago

Top 10 extreme climate events of 2021 each cost over $1.5 bn of damage, report says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The ten most devastating climate events of 2021, including hurricanes in the US, China, and …

Climate disasters cost the world billions of dollars in 2021
3 years ago

Climate disasters cost the world billions of dollars in 2021

Live Mint  

The world continued to tackle covid-19 in 2021 but the climate change crisis didn’t stop. A new report from the UK-based non-profit Christian Aid looks at the ten most financially devastating climate events of 2021, from hurricanes in the US, China and India to floods in Australia, Europe and Canada. The resulting floods killed at least 240 people and caused …

Another extreme hurricane season is officially over. Here’s what we learned
3 years, 1 month ago

Another extreme hurricane season is officially over. Here’s what we learned

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Atlantic hurricane season officially ended on Tuesday and while the number of named storms did …

Weather Disasters Have Become 5 Times As Common, Thanks In Part To Climate Change
3 years, 4 months ago

Weather Disasters Have Become 5 Times As Common, Thanks In Part To Climate Change

NPR  

Weather Disasters Have Become 5 Times As Common, Thanks In Part To Climate Change Enlarge this image toggle caption Karl Mondon/Digital First Media/The Mercury News via Getty Images Karl Mondon/Digital First Media/The Mercury News via Getty Images Climate change has helped drive a fivefold increase in the number of weather-related disasters in the last 50 years, according to a new …

UN: Weather disasters soar in numbers, cost, but deaths fall
3 years, 4 months ago

UN: Weather disasters soar in numbers, cost, but deaths fall

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency reports. “We are going to see more climatic extremes because of climate change, and these negative trends in climate will continue for the coming decades.” In the 1970s, the world averaged …

Weather disasters becoming more frequent and costly: UN
3 years, 4 months ago

Weather disasters becoming more frequent and costly: UN

Al Jazeera  

Number of extreme weather disasters shot up nearly fivefold from 1970s to most recent decade due to global warming. The number of weather disasters – such as floods and heatwaves – driven by climate change has increased fivefold during the past 50 years, killing more than two million people and costing $3.64 trillion in total losses, a UN agency says. …

Nearly 500,000 killed by extreme weather disasters in 20 years
3 years, 11 months ago

Nearly 500,000 killed by extreme weather disasters in 20 years

Al Jazeera  

Researchers say rich nations are not doing enough to help developing countries with the deadly fallout from global warming. Almost half a million people have been killed in natural disasters linked to extreme weather events in the last 20 years, with the world’s poorest countries increasingly bearing the brunt of climate change’s wrath. Germanwatch’s Global Climate Index examined the impact …

World's top 10 environment disasters caused $150 billion worth of damages : report
4 years ago

World's top 10 environment disasters caused $150 billion worth of damages : report

Firstpost  

Earth’s average surface temperature has gone up at least 1.1 degrees C on average compared to late 19th-century, with much of that warming occurring in the last half-century. The ten costliest weather disasters worldwide this year saw insured damages worth $150 billion, topping the figure for 2019 and reflecting a long-term impact of global warming, according to a report Monday. …

The stormy, fiery year when climate disasters wouldn’t stop
4 years, 1 month ago

The stormy, fiery year when climate disasters wouldn’t stop

Associated Press  

Nature struck relentlessly in 2020 with record-breaking and deadly weather- and climate-related disasters. The United States didn’t just set a record for the most disasters costing at least $1 billion — adjusted for inflation — the nation obliterated the record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “Since April, we’ve seen a large disaster occur somewhere in the country …

U.N. climate report urges governments to put more money into early-warning systems
4 years, 3 months ago

U.N. climate report urges governments to put more money into early-warning systems

The Hindu  

In the wake of heat waves, global warming, forest fires, storms, droughts and a rising number of hurricanes, the U.N. weather agency is warning that the number of people who need international humanitarian help could rise 50% by 2030 compared to the 108 million who needed it worldwide in 2018. It said over 11,000 disasters have been attributed to weather, …

Climate change spurs doubling of disasters since 2000: UN
4 years, 3 months ago

Climate change spurs doubling of disasters since 2000: UN

Hindustan Times  

Climate change is largely to blame for a near doubling of natural disasters in the past 20 years, the United Nations said on Monday. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said 7,348 major disaster events had occurred between 2000 and 2019. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said 7,348 major disaster events had occurred between 2000 and 2019, …

Climate change: Natural catastrophes cost $150 billion in 2019
5 years ago

Climate change: Natural catastrophes cost $150 billion in 2019

CNN  

London CNN Business — Hurricanes, wildfires and floods cost the world $150 billion in 2019 and losses for business and the economy are only expected to increase, because of a decade-long rise in natural catastrophes with direct links to climate change. “We expect 2020 to be part of this trend towards increasing losses from weather-related disasters, a trend that we …

Most destructive hurricanes are thrice more frequent since 1900
5 years, 2 months ago

Most destructive hurricanes are thrice more frequent since 1900

India TV News  

Hurricanes have become more destructive since 1900 with the worst of them more than 3 times as frequent now than a century ago, according to a study which has used a new way to calculate the effect of climate change on hurricane size, strength, and damaging force. The results of their study, published in the journal PNAS, revealed a steep …

Global warming: 2018 was one of Earth’s warmest years on record
5 years, 11 months ago

Global warming: 2018 was one of Earth’s warmest years on record

CNN  

CNN — Last year was the fourth-hottest year ever recorded, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, which means that the past five years have been the five warmest years in the modern record. NOAA and NASA discussed 2018’s global temperature and climate in a joint news conference Wednesday; both agencies maintain independent data that goes back …

World’s worst climate change-induced disasters cost countries £50bn in 2018
6 years ago

World’s worst climate change-induced disasters cost countries £50bn in 2018

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Extreme weather driven by climate change hit every populated …

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