Costing around 1,118 billion U.S. dollars between 1980 and October 2021, tropical cyclones are the most costly billion-dollar climate and weather-related event in the United States. On average one major tropical cyclone hit the U.S. each year during this period but this number may increase over the coming decades.
Cumulative cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the United States between 1980 and 2021, by disaster type (in billion U.S. dollars)*
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (October 8, 2021). Cumulative cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the United States between 1980 and 2021, by disaster type (in billion U.S. dollars)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101779/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-total-cost/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Cumulative cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the United States between 1980 and 2021, by disaster type (in billion U.S. dollars)*." Chart. October 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101779/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-total-cost/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2021). Cumulative cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the United States between 1980 and 2021, by disaster type (in billion U.S. dollars)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101779/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-total-cost/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Cumulative Cost of Billion-dollar Natural Disaster Events in The United States between 1980 and 2021, by Disaster Type (in Billion U.S. Dollars)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101779/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-total-cost/
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Cumulative cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the United States between 1980 and 2021, by disaster type (in billion U.S. dollars)* [Graph], National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, October 8, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101779/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-total-cost/