Weather disasters cost the United States billions in 2025 despite no hurricanes. What caused the billion-dollar disasters and ...

The costliest disasters were hailstorms, tornadoes and high winds … Chemicals used in plastics linked to higher death risks … Black, Hispanic children more likely to live in poverty … and more.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

(CNN) — The Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database, which the Trump administration “retired” in May, has relaunched outside of the government using the same methodology. In its first ...