Nearly 700 people died due to natural disasters in the contiguous United States in 2021 – the most since 2011, said a federal weather agency in a report released on Monday.The year “was marked by extremes across the US, including exceptional warmth, devastating severe weather and the second-highest number of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters on record”, said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).The death toll for weather-related disasters in the 48 mainland…
Source link
Tags climate disaster National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration natural disasters NOAA WEATHER
Check Also
Italy arrests 40 mafia suspects for drug smuggling via Chinese money brokers
According to Italian police, after receiving the cash, the Chinese money brokers forwarded it to …