Hurricane Ian’s extensive destruction, drought in the western U.S. and swift-moving wildfires in Alaska contributed to more than $165 billion in weather and climate-related damage in 2022, federal climate scientists said
The U.S. experienced an average hurricane season, and though among the warmer years on record, 2022 didn’t break temperature records for the country as a whole, federal climate scientists said TuesdayBut a series of big disasters, including the deadly Hurricane Ian, pushed damage costs from extreme weather events to about $165 billion.
In its annual national climate assessment, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration listed drought in the western U.S., early and swift-moving wildfires in Alaska, and Hurricane Ian’s extensive destruction among the record-setting events of last year.
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