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The clear signal here is climate change: Itβs worsening wildfires, causing heavier rainfall and flooding, and supercharging hurricanes. In the 1980s, billion-dollar disasters happened on average every 82 days, according to the analysis, but over the last decade that window has tightened to just 16 days. In 2025, Americans endured one of these events every 10 days on average β an almost nonstop cavalcade of suffering.
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In 2025, the US suffered a billion-dollar disaster every 10 days
A new analysis finds that in 2025 disasters in the U.S. took 276 lives and caused $115 billion in damages. It could have been much worse.