NOAA predicts California storm could cost $1B
A climatologist with The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting that the ongoing storms in California will likely be the first billion-dollar storm of 2023 in the United States. … Smith is an applied climatologist at NOAA’s National Center for Environmental Information. He’s the lead researcher for the annual “Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster’s” report. “It takes into account many different impacts such as damage to homes, businesses, government assets like schools, all the contents of those structures,” Smith said.
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