Main hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, drought and a fierce winter storm brought on greater than $165 billion in injury in the USA final 12 months with local weather change “supercharging” some excessive climate, a US authorities report mentioned Tuesday.
The nation skilled 18 separate billion-dollar climate and local weather disasters in 2022, the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration mentioned, with September’s Hurricane Ian by far the most expensive at almost $123 billion.