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Billion-Dollar Weather/Climate Disasters: Table of Events

Below is a historical table of U.S. Billion-dollar disaster events, summaries, report links and statistics for the 1980–2013 period of record. In 2013, there were 9 weather/climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each across the United States. These events included a drought event, 2 flooding events, and 6 severe storm events. Overall, these events resulted in the deaths of 113 people and had significant economic effects on the areas impacted.