Tool

Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

Description

The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) tracked and evaluated climate-related events that had great economic and societal impacts in the U.S. and across the globe from 1980 through 2024.

Disaster categories tracked in the tool were: 

  • Drought
  • Flooding
  • Freeze
  • Severe Storm
  • Tropical Cyclone
  • Wildfire
  • Winter Storm 

Users can explore billion-dollar disasters by state or county in interactive maps and graphs.