Record-Breaking Costs in U.S. Billion-Dollar Climate Disasters of 2025
TL;DR
The billion-dollar disaster dataset, which was previously managed by NOAA and shut down by the Trump administration, has been revived by Climate Central, providing crucial data on the economic impact of climate-related disasters in the US, including record wildfires, with ongoing updates expected.
- Billion-dollar disaster data returns, but this time it's not being run by the federal government ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Trump ‘retired’ a database tracking the most expensive weather disasters. Now it’s back — and finding over $100B in losses CNN
- In First Six Months, Cost of Weather Catastrophes Escalated at a Record Pace The New York Times
- Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows The Guardian
- U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Climate Central
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