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2023 SEVERE WEATHER: $57 BILLION IN DAMAGE AND 253 PEOPLE DEAD SO FAR

Published Mon, Sep 11 20235:47 PM EDTUpdated Mon, Sep 11 20236:04 PM EDT
Spencer Kimball@spencekimball
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Key Points
 * The U.S. has been hit by 23 separate disasters this year, each causing more
   than a billion dollars in damage, the highest number on record.
 * The 23 disasters in 2023 have caused more than $57 billion in damage and
   killed at least 253 people, according to a report from NOAA.
 * The deadliest wildfire in more than a century ravaged West Maui in August,
   followed weeks later by the worst hurricane to hit Florida’s Big Bend coast
   in 125 years.
 * The disasters have raised concerns about whether the Federal Emergency
   Management Agency has enough money left to respond adequately as hurricane
   season enters its peak.

Debris covers a residential area in Perryton, Texas, Thursday, June 15, 2023,
after a tornado struck the town.
David Erickson | AP

The U.S. has suffered the highest number of billion-dollar weather disasters on
record this year with wildfires and severe storms wreaking havoc from Hawaii to
Florida, according to a report released by the federal government Monday.

The nation has been hit by 23 such disasters so far in 2023, the highest number
since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration started keeping
records in 1980. The previous record was set in 2020 with 22 separate disasters
that each caused a billion or more dollars in damage.



The 23 disasters this year have caused more than $57.6 billion in damage and
killed at least 253 people, according to the NOAA report.

The deadliest wildfire in more than a century ravaged West Maui, Hawaii in
August, killing at least 115 people and causing up to $6 billion in estimated
damages. Just weeks later, Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida’s Big Bend
coast, the strongest hurricane to hit the region in 125 years.

The number of billion-dollar weather disasters has been increasing since 1980.
On average, there were 8 such disasters every year from 1980-2022. In the most
recent five years, there have been 18 such disasters annually on average,
according to NOAA.


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The back-to-back disasters have raised concerns about whether the Federal
Emergency Management Agency has enough money left to respond adequately as
hurricane season enters it peak.

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said last month that the federal disaster
fund is down to the last $3.4 billion, forcing the agency to focus on the
immediate needs of people impacted by the Maui wildfires, Hurricane Idalia and
other disasters that may strike in the near term.



Criswell said the disaster fund would go into the red by the middle of this
month in the absence of additional money. The Biden administration has asked
Congress for $16 billion to replenish the fund.

President Joe Biden attributed the growing number of severe weather events to
climate change: “I don’t think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis
anymore,” Biden said last month during remarks at the White House after Idalia
made landfall.

“Just look around — historic floods, more intense droughts, extreme heat,
significant wildfires have caused significant damage like we’ve never seen
before,” Biden said.

The president called on Congress to act swiftly on additional FEMA funding.

“We need this money done. We need this disaster relief request met and we need
to do it in September — we can’t wait,” Biden told FEMA personnel during a visit
to the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. last month.


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