Disaster and Risk Mapping

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Visualize the frequency and cost of billion-dollar weather and climate events using our interactive mapping tool.

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California Fire
Nebraska Tornado

Charts and Graphs

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Study bar charts that show the 45-year history of U.S. 'compound extremes' (e.g., billion dollar disaster events that occur at the same time or in sequence).

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Event Summaries

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Search tabular data and narratives of billion-dollar events affecting the United States from 1980 to 2024.

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Hurricane Irma

Your new home for Climate Intel

Since financial support of Billion Dollar Disasters (BDD) was discontinued, CSS-Inc recognized a need to continue the in-demand, nationwide resource. Using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's source data, CSS-Inc has rebuilt BDD with improvements to efficiency and design. Personalized features are included while the majority BDD remains free-to-use.

Hurricane Helene
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Billion-Dollar Statistics

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The U.S. sustained 403 weather and climate disasters from 1980-2024 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2024). The total cost of these 403 events exceeds $2.915 trillion.

403
Events
$2,918.1
Trillion Spent
16,941
Deaths
Data Sources

Data Sources and Methodology

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The National Centers of Environmental Information tracked and evaluated climate events in the U.S. and globally from 1980-2024 that had great economic and societal impacts. NCEI calculated disaster impacts by accounting for risk and climate variability.

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