Overall, the U.S. disaster cost for 2021 exceeded $145 billion, which is the third-highest cost on record.
and one wildfire event, which includes the devastating Marshall Fire on Dec. 30 in Boulder County, Colorado.
“It was a tough year. Climate change has taken a shotgun approach to hazards across the country,” said NOAA climatologist and economist Adam Smith, who compiles billion-dollar weather disasters for NOAA. Some experts not affiliated with the report also put the blame squarely on climate change for the severity of the year's weather disasters: “The sobering power of NOAA’s annual data on billion-dollar disasters highlights a worsening and undeniable trend," said Rachel Cleetus of the Union of Concerned Scientists. "This report underscores the reality of how the climate crisis is already affecting people’s lives and the economy with every region of the country having been affected.
NOAA released its 2021 climate report for the nation Monday, which showed the fourth-warmest year on record.
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