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Extreme weather’s true damage cost is often a mystery – that’s a problem for understanding storm risk, but it can be fixed

  • Written by John Nielsen-Gammon, Regents Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
Extreme weather’s true damage cost is often a mystery – that’s a problem for understanding storm risk, but it can be fixedHail can be destructive, yet the cost of the damage often isn't publicly tracked.NOAA/NSSL

On Jan. 5, 2025, at about 2:35 in the afternoon, the first severe hailstorm of the season dropped quarter-size hail in Chatham, Mississippi. According to the federal storm events database, there were no injuries, but it caused $10,000 in property damage.

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