Billion-Dollar Disasters

A map of the United States plotted with 10 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters that occurred from January through June, 30, 2020. The events were largely related to severe weather. Download this map image and read the summary at www.ncei.noaa.gov/billions.
July 7, 2020
June 2020 was relatively hot and dry overall for U.S.
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A view from GOES-17 of three tropical systems in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic basins in September 3, 2019. From left to right: Hurricane Juliette, Tropical Depression 7 and Hurricane Dorian.
February 7, 2020
Billion-dollar disasters show crucial link between NOAA satellites and emergency managers
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Flooding from Tropical Storm Imelda in Roman Forest, Texas, on September 19, 2019.
January 31, 2020
2010–2019 a landmark decade for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters
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(Left) The smoke plume from California’s Kincade Fire, as seen from the NOAA-20 satellite on October 27, 2019. (Right) Hurricane Dorian spinning near the Bahamas, as seen by the GOES-16 satellite on September 1, 2019. Dorian, and the wildfires in California and Alaska combined, were two of 14 disasters in the U.S. in 2019 that each exceeded $1 billion in damages.
January 7, 2020
2019 was the 2nd wettest year on record for the U.S.
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An aerial view of Offutt Air Force Base and the surrounding areas affected by flood waters March 17, 2019. An increase in water levels of surrounding rivers and waterways caused by record-setting snowfall over the winter in addition to a large drop in air pressure caused widespread flooding across the state of Nebraska. See more Air Force photos at https://www.afspc.af.mil.
April 8, 2019
U.S. hit with two billion-dollar disasters so far in 2019
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U.S. Army Sgt. Rodrigo Estrada of the California Army National Guard's 649th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, leads a team conducting search and debris clearing operations, Nov. 17, 2018, in Paradise, California. Image with full caption and credit available at https://flic.kr/p/2ahrTWy.
February 22, 2019
2018's billion-dollar disasters in context
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A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and changes in sea ice coverage.
NOAA, NASA to announce 2018 global temperature, climate conditions
February 1, 2019
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