2020 U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in historical context
NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) has released the final 2020 update to its Billion-dollar disaster report, officially confirming what communities across the nation experienced first-hand: 2020 was a historic year of extremes. There were 22 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, shattering the previous annual record of 16 events…A record-breaking U.S. wildfire season burned more than 10.2 million acres. California more than doubled its previous annual record for area burned …