The costliest disasters on the National Centers for Environmental Information "Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters" ...

Natural disasters can be categorized as "acute" or "slow" in their onset. They are predictable because they cluster in geographic areas. Natural hazards are unpreventable and, for the most part ...

Over the last several decades, various types of natural disasters have ... is the second most costly disaster on the NCEI list, at an estimated CPI-adjusted $160 billion. The lower bound at ...