The United States experienced 28 billion-dollar disaster events in 2023. The southern and midwestern drought and heatwave that hit the country from April to September was the costliest billion-dollar natural disaster event that year, incurring a total cost of nearly 15 billion U.S. dollars.
Cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the United States in 2023, by event
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (December 9, 2024). Cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the United States in 2023, by event (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295440/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-total-cost/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the United States in 2023, by event (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 9, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295440/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-total-cost/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2024). Cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the United States in 2023, by event (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295440/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-total-cost/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Cost of Billion-dollar Natural Disaster Events in The United States in 2023, by Event (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Dec 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295440/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-total-cost/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the United States in 2023, by event (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295440/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-total-cost/ (last visited January 08, 2025)
Cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the United States in 2023, by event (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, December 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295440/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-total-cost/
