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According to the database, there were 403 weather and climate disasters totally at least $1 billion in the United States since 1980, totaling more than $2.945 trillion.
We Used to Measure the Cost of Chaos. Now We Won’t. For more than 40 years, NOAA’s database tracked extreme weather and climate disasters that cost over $1 billion — standardized, inflation ...
NOAA ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980. ... NOAA is narrowing the array of services it ... Other data also has shown increases in natural disaster losses.
NOAA announced that the billion-dollar weather and climate disasters database will be retired. This directive came from the White House.
NOAA will stop updating database tracking costliest weather disasters. The billion-dollar disaster tracker is on a growing list of datasets NOAA says that either scientists will no longer update ...
While NOAA hasn’t made official tallies for 2025, many believe that April’s destruction would easily qualify as another billion-dollar disaster, had the database still been in operation.
NOAA is narrowing the array of services it provides, with climate-related programs scrutinized especially closely.The disasters database, which will be archived but no longer updated beyond 2024 ...
The disasters database, which will be archived but no longer updated beyond 2024, has allowed taxpayers, media and researchers to track the cost of natural disasters — spanning extreme events ...