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The US experienced nearly two dozen billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025
The U.S. faced 23 billion-dollar disasters causing $115 billion in damage and at least 276 deaths, with wildfires and severe weather driving most costs, Climate Central reported.
- On Thursday, Climate Central released a report finding 23 separate billion-dollar disasters in 2025, the third-highest annual total on record in the United States.
- NOAA announced last May that it would retire the product and stop updates beyond calendar year 2024; Climate Central now hosts the dataset and hired Adam Smith, former NOAA lead scientist, to continue the work.
- Analysis shows severe weather drove most events, accounting for 91%, with damages totaling $115 billion last year and extreme events killing at least 492 people.
- In January, the costliest event was the Los Angeles wildfires, which caused more than $61 billion in damage, while government agencies, insurers and media outlets frequently rely on the Billion-Dollar database.
- Since the early 1980s, the frequency of billion-dollar disasters has increased dramatically, with 426 recorded since 1980 and total costs exceeding $3.1 trillion, Climate Central reported.
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