Total damages caused by weather and climate events in the U.S. last year totaled $115 billion, according to Climate Central.

The 2024 total includes 17 severe weather events, four tropical cyclones, one wildfire and two winter storms. NOAA attributes at least 418 deaths to these billion-dollar disasters. Our wish for 2025 ...

WASHINGTON — Climate Central crunched the numbers and found that last year officially ranks third for the most billion-dollar ...

The U.S. faced 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the first half of 2025, totaling $101.4 billion in damages, according to data from Climate Central. January's Los Angeles ...

Billion dollar disasters are an important metric tracked by atmospheric scientists. Climate Central has compiled the list for ...

The LA wildfires last January helped push the nation's "billion-dollar disasters" to a near record last year, even without a ...

Weather disasters in the first half of this year have cost the United States $93 billion in damage, according to a report released Tuesday by a German multinational insurance company. The analysis by ...

America experienced 14 separate weather disasters with damage of at least $1 billion during the first six months of 2025, led by the historic Southern California wildfires in January. 2025's Toll ...

This year’s extreme weather disasters have wreaked so much destruction that they collectively eclipse the annual GDP of more than 100 countries and come close to New York City’s massive budget, the ...