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18 huge, billion-dollar disasters: Climate change helped make 2022 the 3rd most expensive year on record

  • Written by Stacy Morford, Environment + Climate Editor
18 huge, billion-dollar disasters: Climate change helped make 2022 the 3rd most expensive year on recordSeveral areas were hit with 1,000-year floods in 2022.Leandro Lozada/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. weather disasters are getting costlier as more people move into vulnerable areas and climate change raises the risks of extreme heat and rainfall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned as it released its annual billion-dollar...

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