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The number of "billion dollar disasters" in the United States is increasing rapidly. This graph (from NOAA) shows the number and breakdown of such disasters since 1980.

Two important trends: a rapid increase in the number, and especially in "severe storms."
These trends are another indication of the growing costs of #climatechange and the role that #water and the disruption of the planet's hydrologic cycle plays in it.

Oh, and 2023 isn't over yet. Two months to go.