More than 2,000 natural disasters have been declared across the United States in the last 70 years.
As hurricane season nears and states ramp up for wild weather-prone summers, some states across the U.S. have to manage more expensive natural disasters than others. Insurance company Quote Wizard talked about the findings of a recent report on natural disasters. According to KXAN, Nick Vinzant with Quote Wizard said, « We looked at natural disasters and how many billion-dollar natural disasters have happened over the last 40 years. And what we found is that natural disasters have increased by 163 percent nationwide over the last 20 years. » According to World Atlas, more than 2,000 natural disasters have been declared across the U.S. in the last 70 years, and some states deal with multi-billion dollar damages from those disasters. In 2020 alone, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) reported 22 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the country. Here are five states that have seen some of the most expensive natural disasters: Texas In the Quote Wizard report, the state of Texas was discovered to have the most natural disasters in the U.S. « $137 billion plus natural disasters in the last 40 years, » Vinzant said, « And it’s not even really close. Texas has 137 natural disasters, significant natural disasters.
