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According to NOAA, the United States recorded 28 weather and climate disasters that topped a billion dollars in damages in 2023, including California flooding in from January through March. The total cost of these events exceeds $92 billion (inflation adjusted) which is the ninth highest on record. Along with the economic cost, these disasters killed 492 people in 2023, including the drought and heats waves of the across South and the firestorm in Maui.