Not a month has gone by since without a major weather
disaster wreaking havoc on some region of the nation. The wildfires that burned
through Sonoma Valley just two months ago resulted in $9.4 billion worth of
insured damages, the California Department of Insurance announced Wednesday. In
just a few days, the current blaze has already scorched a greater area.
The frequency of billion-dollar climate disasters has been
rising steadily over the past few decades. From 1980 to 2016, the annual
average was a mere 5.5 disasters. In the last five years, that average has
nearly doubled.
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-devastate-drain-nation-n827996
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