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June 2024 featured record-breaking heat and billion-dollar weather disasters, NOAA says
There have been 15 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the U.S. this year so far.
By Meredith Garofalo
published 2 hours ago
Four severe U.S. weather events were confirmed in June, bringing the number of billion-dollar disasters in the nation this year up to more than a dozen.
The country suffered 15 separate billion-dollar weather and climate events between January and June, with a combined economic toll of about $37 billion, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Since 1980, the U.S. has now experienced 391 such events, which together have caused more than $2.755 trillion worth of damage.
https://www.space.com/june-2024-heat-records-climate-weather-disasters
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