U.S. saw 27 weather disasters with over 1 bln USD damage in 2024


LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The United States saw 27 individual weather and climate disasters in 2024 with at least 1 billion U.S. dollars in damage, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

These disasters caused at least 568 direct or indirect fatalities, which is the eighth-highest for these billion-dollar disasters over the last 45 years.

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