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File: NOAA-billion-dollar-disasters-counts-versus-per-capita-costs-1980-2024.png

Combination graph with bar chart showing disaster counts on left axis and cost per capita on the right axis

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The history of billion-dollar disasters in the United States each year from 1980 to 2024, showing event type (colors), frequency (left-hand vertical axis), and total cost (right-hand vertical axis) adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index. NOAA NCEI Billion-dollar Disasters webpage.