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(BBC News) More than $165bn worth of extreme weather damage in US last year
As storms continue to batter parts of California, a new report from the American government shows just how much hurricanes, storms, droughts and wildfires cost the country in 2022.
Hurricane Ian was the most expensive, costing almost $123bn - but in total the country had 18 weather or climate disasters, each of them costing more than a billion dollars in repairs. That makes 2022 the third most expensive year on record for damages, after 2017 and 2005.
Last year's $165bn figure could still go up once the winter storm which hit the centre and east of the country in December is factored in.
The report says that because of more extreme weather events taking place each year, the numbers are becoming “the new normal”.
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