America’s Most Expensive Climate Disasters Revealed

Douglas McIntyre, editor-in-chief at Climate Crisis, reviews a NOAA study showing that hurricanes have been the most expensive U.S. climate disasters from 1980 to 2023, costing $1.3 trillion—40% of all climate disaster expenses. Recent hurricanes caused over $20 billion in damages each, with Hurricane Burrell hitting Houston particularly hard. McIntyre questions the future of living in hurricane-prone areas like Florida and Louisiana as such storms grow more frequent and destructive.