Sean Breslin
NOAA released its annual report on billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the United States in 2022, revealing that 18 such disasters affected the nation in the past year.
These disasters ranged from hurricanes and severe weather outbreaks to floods and droughts, and even included Winter Storm Elliott and the cold blast that accompanied it in December.
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Here's a closer look at some of the most important numbers from Tuesday's report. All figures are CPI-adjusted. NOAA's records on billion-dollar disasters date back to 1980.
18: The total number of billion-dollar disasters to affect the U.S. in 2022. It's the third-most of any year since 1980.
$165 billion: The total price tag of those 18 weather and climate disasters, according to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. This also ranks third-highest of any year since 1980.
A person walks on the street as a winter storm rolls through Dec. 24, 2022, in Amherst New York.474: The number of lives claimed by 2022's billion-dollar disasters.
11: The number of severe weather events that cost at least $1 billion in 2022, the most of any category. This included severe weather outbreaks (6), damaging hail events (3) and tornado outbreaks (2).
50: All 50 states have been impacted by at least one billion-dollar disaster since 1980.
$112.9 billion: The estimated cost of Hurricane Ian. It's believed to be the costliest weather or climate disaster worldwide in 2022, according to reinsurance company Munich Re.
Kathy Hickey, 70, carefully picks her way through debris from destroyed trailers in the mobile home park where she and her husband Bruce had a winter home on San Carlos Island in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Oct. 5, 2022, one week after the passage of Hurricane Ian.$936 billion: Total price tag of the 128 billion-dollar disasters to strike the U.S. since 2010.
341: The total number of billion-dollar disasters to strike the U.S. since 1980 – an average of 7.9 per year.
$2.48 trillion: The total price tag of those 341 disasters.
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