{"id":268632,"date":"2025-01-12T20:06:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T20:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/12\/billion-dollar-disaster-cost-to-year-to-date-assuming-nothing-else-happens-in-january\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:09:45","slug":"billion-dollar-disaster-cost-to-year-to-date-assuming-nothing-else-happens-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/12\/billion-dollar-disaster-cost-to-year-to-date-assuming-nothing-else-happens-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Billion Dollar Disaster Cost to Year-to-Date (assuming nothing else happens in January)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From NOAA<\/a> to 2024, and guesstimate for January 2025:<\/p>\n

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Notes:<\/strong> Month-by-month accumulation of estimated costs of each year\u2019s billion-dollar disasters, with colored lines showing 2024 (red) and the other top-10 costliest years; figures are in 2024$. Other years are light gray. 2024 finished the year in fourth place for annual costs. Screenshot from the NOAA NCEI Billion-dollar Disasters. Purple diamond is estimate for LA fires, by author. Source: NOAA<\/a> accessed 1\/12\/2025. January 2025 ytd based on estimates $135 to $150 bn current dollars (AP 1\/11\/2025<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n

Addendum:<\/strong> <\/em>Count data (same source):<\/p>\n

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