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2020’s $1 Billion Weather Disasters

2020 might go down in history as the costliest year ever for storm damage. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports 22 different $1 billion weather disasters occurred last ...
WTKR

There were a record 22 weather disasters in 2020 that cost more than $1 billion each

NOAA noted that there were a record-breaking 30 named tropical storms in the Atlantic in 2020, with 12 of them making landfall along America’s coast, several in Louisiana alone. More than 40% of the ...
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Intensifying Pace and Severity of Extreme Events Increases Risks of Compounding Disasters and Demands Rethinking of U.S. Emergency Management, Says New Report

WASHINGTON ― There is an urgent need to reimagine disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery strategies in the U.S., as intensifying climate and weather hazards cause successive and compounding ...
Newsweek

Natural disasters

"Extremely dangerous" Hurricane Laura will cause up to 20 feet of flooding in certain areas, with Lake Charles being engulfed by sea water. Floods accounted for three of the 14 natural disasters that ...
Alaska Public Media

Relief applications open for Alaska's 2019 and 2020 crab fisheries disasters

In March of 2020 a fishery disaster was declared for the 2019 Norton Sound Red King crab fishery and a year later for the 2019-2020 Bering Sea Tanner crab fishery. Roughly four years later, affected ...