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LA wildfires among costliest disasters

Early estimates put the damage and economic losses between $250 billion and $275 billion

Salon

The LA county wildfires could be the costliest in US history, early estimates say

The wildfires that erupted this week across Los Angeles County are far from contained, but they're already expected to be the costliest in U.S. history and among the worst natural disasters

The Independent UK

Before and after satellite photos show LA-area neighborhoods in ruins as wildfires rage

Comparing satellite images of the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Altadena show the destructive path of what’s shaping up to be one of the worst fires in U.S. history.

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Damages And Economic Loss From Southern California Wildfires Could Hit $150 Billion

AccuWeather said it increased its estimates as the blazes have created "one of the costliest wildfire disasters in modern U.S. history."

International Business Times

California Wildfire Death Toll Keeps Climbing, Air Quality Worsens In Los Angeles

Analysts have updated their estimates of economic losses due to the devastating fires: it now ranges between $135 and $150 billion. 10 people have died so far as a result of the fires

Latin Times

Man arrested for arson by LAPD at site of major Californian fire

Los Angeles district attorney Nathan Hochman has vowed to come down hard on anyone found guilty of arson.

Fortune

LA wildfires mapped: Where could the blaze go next after Palisades, Eaton and Kenneth

The death toll from the blazes has risen to 16, Los Angeles County’s Medical Examiner said, with number expected to grow

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Deadly LA wildfires to cost over $50 billion in damages, becoming one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history

The damage is expected to far exceed the $16 billion in economic losses from Maui's wildfires two years ago. Weather now accounts for almost all of the $320 billion in annual natural catastrophe damages worldwide.

Fortune

LA Wildfires Already Caused Over $50 Billion In Damages, Latest Estimate Shows

The damage estimate remains preliminary, as the flames continue to spread quickly. Many residents report they have no property insurance.

Latin Times

What is thundersnow? The weird weather phenomenon rumbling through the East Coast and Midwest

The conditions needed to create thunderstorms are very rare, and can be dangerous, meteorologists warn.

LiveScience

Freeze out! Nearly 70 million expected to face snow, ice and wind as storm moves across US

The Washington, D.C. metro area could see up to a foot of snow on Monday

The Independent UK

Users Mock Phallic Weather Map Depicting Ice Storm With Slew of Suggestive Jokes: 'Big Talk But I Bet It Lasts 15 Minutes'

Social media users could not help themselves after a weather forecaster shared the map of a winter storm that appeared phallic to many.

Latin Times

Polar vortex could bring deadly winter storms and coldest weather in more than a decade to US

An expanding polar vortex is expected to lower temperatures across the eastern half of the U.S., with the potential for record-breaking cold in January.

LiveScience

First polar vortex of 2025 will bring dangerously frosty temperatures for millions of Americans

Bitter cold sweeping across the majority of the US could bring storms that result in power outages and ‘significant’ travel disruptions

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Rain could dampen New Year’s Eve revelry, forecasters warn

New Year’s Eve celebrations in New York City will be marked by wet weather and storms this year

The Independent UK

Destructive hurricanes, sweltering heat waves: Extreme weather events cost Americans hundreds of billions of dollars this year

Climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe with expensive and deadly consequences

The Independent UK

Arctic blast impacts millions as ‘dangerously cold’ streak invades US

Hundreds of millions of Americans are being impacted by frigid conditions and bitter wind chills

The Independent UK

Hurricanes ravaged the U.S. this year and caused $500 billion in damage and economic loss, experts say

A new report estimates total economic and damage loss from the Atlantic hurricane season at a shocking $500 billion

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The Independent UK

West Coast braces for more extreme weather and flash floods after devastating bomb cyclone

A bomb cyclone and atmospheric river storm resulted in the deaths of two people and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of West Coast residents

The Independent UK

Sara is unlikely to hit the U.S. as a hurricane – that doesn’t mean the Gulf Coast is in the clear

Remnants from the tropical storm are expected to bring severe weather to Florida and the Gulf Coast, including wind gusts up to 60mph

The Independent UK

Bomb cyclone to slam western states with winds up to 70mph and two feet of snow

The storm could impact road and air travel across the Pacific Northwest region

The Independent UK

The next Atlantic storm is brewing and could form later this week in the Caribbean

The next named storm of the 2024 Atlantic season will be named Sara

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The Independent UK

Mapped: Charting Hurricane Rafael’s path through the Gulf of Mexico

The Category 2 storm is forecast to weaken over the next few days as it churns westward in the Gulf of Mexico

The Independent UK

A record number of US states are in drought during what may be Earth’s warmest year

New York City residents were told to conserve water this week after the driest October on record

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