AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It's no secret that extreme weather is becoming more frequent and more expensive across the United States. This year has been no exception. Between January and June, the country experienced 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters.

The price tag for these catastrophes totals $101.4 billion.

The January wildfires in Los Angeles alone cost $60 billion in damages, making this the costliest in U.S. history.

The number of these devastating events has climbed from about three per average per year in the 1980s to an average of 19 per average per year over the last decade. This includes the records shattered in 2023 and 2024.

In 2023, there were 28 such disasters, 27 in 2024.

We know these numbers from the previous home for the database, the National Oceanic a

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