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   The NOAA has updated its list of US weather disasters resulting in   
   more than $1 bn in damages (CPI adjusted).   
      
   So far 2021 has seen 18 events, ranking 2nd behind 2929 at 22 and   
   passing the tornado superoutbreak year of 2011 with only 18.   
      
   The events added since June are:   
      
   Tropical Storm Elsa (July 2021)   
   Central Severe Storms (July 2021)   
   North Central Severe Weather (August 2021)   
   Tropical Storm Fred (August 2021)   
   Hurricane Ida (August 2021)   
   Hurricane Nicholas (Sept 2021)   
   Western Drought and Heatwave (2021)   
   Western Wildfires (Summer-Fall 2021)   
      
   The last 3 events have not yet been fully costed but it looks like   
   2021 will take First Place by total damages by a long chalk with   
   Hurricane Ida provisionally costed by the Dept of Commerce at $64.5   
   bn, the single most costly (in real terms -- adjusted for   
   inflation) weather event recorded in the US. A total of 96 deaths has   
   also been attributed to the storm.   
      
   The most deadly event this year has been the Western Drought with 229   
   deaths so far.   
      
   The total damages up to the end of Sept 2021 are $104.8 bn (not   
   including 3 TBD events in 2021).   
      
   By decade the costs (in real terms -- adjusted for inflation) of US   
   weather disasters are increasing:   
      
   Decade	Avg annual costs $bns (2021 dollars)   
   1980	20.81   
   1990	28.84   
   2000	54.72   
   2010	85.87   
   2020(*)	112.99   
   (*)Incomplete.   
      
   A TS regr year by year shows the annual damage bill is doubling in   
   real terms (2021 dollars) every 14.6 years.  If weather disasters cost   
   each American $339/yr (2021 dollars) now, by 2100 that will be $14600/yr.   
      
   The various top10 lists are now:   
      
   By number of $bn weather disasters:   
      
   2020	22   
   2021(*)	18   
   2011	16   
   2017	16   
   2016	15   
   2018	14   
   2019	14   
   2008	12   
   2012	11   
   2015	11   
   (only 3 of 4Q).   
      
   By total damages ($bns in real terms -- i.e. adj for inflation):   
      
   Year	$bns (in 2021 dollars)   
   2017	340.16   
   2005	239.33   
   2012	140.21   
   2021(*)	125.71   
   2020	100.26   
   2018	98.60   
   2011	84.14   
   2008	83.84   
   2004	81.12   
   1992	70.78   
   (only 3 of 4Q; 3 events also TBD)   
      
   By total weather fatalities:   
      
   2005	6006   
   1988	5448   
   1980	5120   
   2017	4371   
   1999	1977   
   1995	1954   
   1983	1032   
   1996	932   
   1993	814   
   1997	738   
      
      
      
   The disaster year is by no means over.   
      
   There are still 3m of 2021 to go. Historically 4Q has 10% of the   
   annual weather disasters, 22% of the costs, and 20% of the weather   
   fatalities.   
      
      
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