In 2023, the U.S. suffered billion-dollar climate catastrophes 28 times, the highest number of disasters ever in a calendar year. These events include: nineteen severe storm events (tornado outbreaks, high wind, hailstorms), four flood events, two tropical cyclones, one wildfire event, one winter storm/cold wave and one drought/heat wave. This historic number of events exceeds the prior annual record number of inflation-adjusted billion-dollar disaster events (i.e., 22 events in 2020).
