2023’s Billion-Dollar Disasters List Shattered the US Record with 28 Big Weather and Climate Disasters amid Earth’s Hottest Year on Record

Author(s)

• Shuang-Ye Wu, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

News Article

Publication Date

1-9-2024

Publication Source

The Conversation

Abstract

The U.S. set an unwelcome record for weather and climate disasters in 2023, with 28 disasters that exceeded more than US$1 billion in damage each.

While it wasn’t the most expensive year overall – the costliest years included multiple hurricane strikes – it had the highest number of billion-dollar storms, floods, droughts and fires of any year since counting began in 1980, with six more than any other year, accounting for inflation.

eCommons Citation

Wu, Shuang-Ye, "2023’s Billion-Dollar Disasters List Shattered the US Record with 28 Big Weather and Climate Disasters amid Earth’s Hottest Year on Record" (2024). Department of Earth, Environment and Sustainability Faculty Publications. 67.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/geo_fac_pub/67