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Floods, fires, freezes: how 2021 made Joe Biden a climate crisis president

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Friday, December 31, 2021

The 18 weather disasters that hit the United States in 2021 together cost more than $100bn, according to the most recent estimates. According to Noaa, the last five years of climate and weather disaster events have comprised nearly one-third of the disaster cost total of the last 42 years. And 2021 is on pace to be the costliest disaster year of all time.


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