The year 2022 will be remembered across the U.S. for its devastating flooding and storms — and also for its extreme heat waves and droughts. By October, the U.S. had already seen 15 disasters causing more than US$1 billion in damage each, well above the average. The year started and ended with widespread severe winter storms from Texas to Maine, affecting tens of million of people and causing… Source Source / Read More: The US Saw Some of Its Worst Climate Disasters in 2022
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Florida’s Housing Crisis Makes It Almost Impossible for Storm Victims to Recover
This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here. When Hurricane Ian hit Central Florida last fall, Milly Santiago already knew what it was like to lose everything to a hurricane, to leave your home, to start over. For her, that was the outcome of Hurricane Maria, which struck her native Puerto Rico in September 2017, killing thousands of residents and… Source Source / Read More: Florida’s Housing Crisis Makes It Almost Impossible for Storm Victims to Recover
90 Percent of US Counties Have Experienced a Climate Disaster in Past Decade
This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here. 9 in 10 US counties have experienced a climate disaster in the last decade, report finds Ninety percent of all counties in the United States have experienced a weather disaster over the past decade, and these climate-fueled events have caused more than $740 billion in damages, according to a new report from the climate adaptation group Rebuild by Design. The “Atlas of Disaster,” a first-of-its-kind study published on Wednesday, analyzes a decade of federal disaster spending to reveal which parts of the country have been…