The country's top weather agency said in a report released this week that the disasters consisted of 13 severe storms and two winter storms, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Winter storms hit the US Midwest and around the Great Lakes in January. Nearly 30 million people in the Midwest and around the Great Lakes were under a winter storm warning in early January.
That day, wind-swept snow hit the Chicago area, leaving thousands of people without power and causing nearly a thousand flight and train cancellations. According to ComEd's outage map, 2,268 power outages were reported citywide, affecting more than 96,000 customers.
In February, powerful storms hit the west coast of the United States. On February 3, a severe storm system hit California, causing at least three deaths, nearly 140,000 people without power, and millions under flood watches for at least three days. The storm caused landslides, flooded roads and caused widespread power outages.
On February 20, a storm hit California again, bringing heavy rain, snow, and wind, causing devastating impacts, including destructive mudslides and flooding.
Strong storms hit the southern United States in April, stretching from Texas to Florida. During a storm on April 11, one person was killed, more than 10 were injured, more than 100 homes and buildings were damaged, and hundreds of thousands of people were left without power throughout the area.
In May, storms hit Iowa, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky, killing more than 20 people and leaving behind numerous injuries.
According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the destructive storms that hit Houston, the nation's fourth largest city, on the night of May 16 killed at least seven people, including a mother of four who was driving her vehicle but was crushed by fallen trees.
Over the Memorial Day weekend in May, at least 20 people died after storms hit the US states of Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky. It was the deadliest tornado in Texas since 2015.
A tornado ripped through the Detroit suburbs in early June. The tornado struck Michigan without warning and killed a young child on June 6, while storms in Ohio and Maryland injured at least 13 people.
The rapidly developing tornado struck several neighborhoods in the Detroit suburb of Livonia on June 5, according to the city's website. The National Weather Service in Detroit confirmed on social media platform 'X' that it was an EF1 tornado with a maximum wind speed of 95 mph (153 kmh) passing through Livonia. The agency said the tornado traveled more than 8 kilometers (5 miles), uprooting trees and damaging homes.
The United States has suffered 391 weather and climate disasters since 1980, each causing at least $1 billion in damage. According to NOAA data, the total cost exceeds $2.7 trillion.
Damage averaged about $8.5 billion annually between 1980 and 2023, with the average rising over the past five years to $20.4 billion.
Winter storms hit the US Midwest and around the Great Lakes in January. Nearly 30 million people in the Midwest and around the Great Lakes were under a winter storm warning in early January.
That day, wind-swept snow hit the Chicago area, leaving thousands of people without power and causing nearly a thousand flight and train cancellations. According to ComEd's outage map, 2,268 power outages were reported citywide, affecting more than 96,000 customers.
In February, powerful storms hit the west coast of the United States. On February 3, a severe storm system hit California, causing at least three deaths, nearly 140,000 people without power, and millions under flood watches for at least three days. The storm caused landslides, flooded roads and caused widespread power outages.
On February 20, a storm hit California again, bringing heavy rain, snow, and wind, causing devastating impacts, including destructive mudslides and flooding.
Strong storms hit the southern United States in April, stretching from Texas to Florida. During a storm on April 11, one person was killed, more than 10 were injured, more than 100 homes and buildings were damaged, and hundreds of thousands of people were left without power throughout the area.
In May, storms hit Iowa, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky, killing more than 20 people and leaving behind numerous injuries.
According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the destructive storms that hit Houston, the nation's fourth largest city, on the night of May 16 killed at least seven people, including a mother of four who was driving her vehicle but was crushed by fallen trees.
Over the Memorial Day weekend in May, at least 20 people died after storms hit the US states of Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky. It was the deadliest tornado in Texas since 2015.
A tornado ripped through the Detroit suburbs in early June. The tornado struck Michigan without warning and killed a young child on June 6, while storms in Ohio and Maryland injured at least 13 people.
The rapidly developing tornado struck several neighborhoods in the Detroit suburb of Livonia on June 5, according to the city's website. The National Weather Service in Detroit confirmed on social media platform 'X' that it was an EF1 tornado with a maximum wind speed of 95 mph (153 kmh) passing through Livonia. The agency said the tornado traveled more than 8 kilometers (5 miles), uprooting trees and damaging homes.
The United States has suffered 391 weather and climate disasters since 1980, each causing at least $1 billion in damage. According to NOAA data, the total cost exceeds $2.7 trillion.
Damage averaged about $8.5 billion annually between 1980 and 2023, with the average rising over the past five years to $20.4 billion.
