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  2. List of natural disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc. To be classified as a disaster, it must have profound environmental effects and/or loss of life and frequently causes financial loss.

  3. List of environmental disasters - Wikipedia

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    1976 Seveso disaster, chemical plant explosion, caused highest known exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in residential populations; 1983 Times Beach, Missouri the town was completely evacuated due to a dioxin contamination; 1984 Bhopal disaster (December 3, 1984, India), leak of methyl isocyanate resulted in more than 22,000 ...

  4. Report highlights costliest climate-related disasters in ...

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    The 10 most expensive storms, floods and drought each cost at least three billion US dollars in insured losses, a Christian Aid report shows.

  5. Climate change in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Climate change increased temperature, reduced the amount of precipitation, decreased snowpack and increased the ability of air to soak humidity, helping to create arid conditions. As of 2021 the drought was the most severe in the last 500 years. [65] As of 30 June 2021 61% of continental USA were in drought conditions.

  6. Top US weather, climate disasters killed nearly 700 ... - AOL

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    Last year, 688 people were killed in 20 major weather and climate disasters in the U.S., according to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These 20 events cost ...

  7. US hit with highest ever number of billion-dollar climate ...

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    There were 28 climate and weather disasters that cost at least $1bn in 2023, NOAA reported on Tuesday (NOAA) US wildfires in 2023 were roughly on par with the 10-year average, NOAA said, with more ...

  8. List of natural disasters in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The hurricane also knocked out the entire power grid, triggering a near total island blackout. The lack of aid after the disaster caused a humanitarian crisis, the worst in the US since Hurricane Katrina, which lasted several months and had a dramatic effect on Puerto Rico's population. 2017 Hurricane: 134 $77.16 billion Hurricane Irma

  9. Developing countries and the U.S. at odds over climate change ...

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    Developing countries disproportionately suffer the worst climate-change-related natural disasters, in part due to geographic location and vulnerable infrastructure.

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