U.S. climate Disaster Recovery Costs Soar
Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports that U.S. disaster recovery costs have reached $1 trillion over the past year. Major contributors include hurricanes and wildfires, driven by increasingly extreme weather linked to climate change. The findings underscore how warming oceans and lack of long-term climate action have magnified the financial toll of natural disasters.
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