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2010–2019 a landmark decade for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters

January 31, 2020
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Flooding from Tropical Storm Imelda in Roman Forest, Texas, on September 19, 2019.

Special report: 2016 extreme weather events and ties to climate change

December 13, 2017
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Coral bleaching at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, March 2016.

December 15: NOAA, partners to announce findings from 'Explaining Extreme Events of 2015' report

December 12, 2016
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The 2015 Alaska fire season burned the second largest number of acres since records began in 1940. Human-induced climate change may have increased the risk of a fire season of this severity by 34-60%.

Aerial photos of North Carolina flooding now available online

October 18, 2016
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Flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew at Pitt-Greenville Airport in North Carolina.

4 new billion-dollar disasters bump year-to-date total to 12

October 6, 2016
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U.S. Coast Guard members rescue locals from flood water on their flat-bottom boats in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Aug. 14, 2016.
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