Just as the UN winds up another round of climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa, struggling on issues of a climate fund for underdeveloped nations, comes a review from our own national weather service about 2011’s extreme weather and the costs associated with it.
Billion-Dollar US Weather Disasters of 2011
(As of Dec. 7, 2011 – Click each event for details)
 Groundhog Day blizzard »January 29-February 3, 2011 |
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 Midwest/Southeast tornadoes »April 4-5, 2011 |
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| Southeast/Midwest tornadoes » April 8-11, 2011 |
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| Midwest/Southeast tornadoes » April 14-16, 2011 |
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| Southeast/Ohio Valley/Midwest tornadoes » April 25-28, 2011 |
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| Midwest/Southeast tornadoes » May 22-27, 2011 |
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 Midwest/Southeast tornadoes and severe weather »June 18-22, 2011 |
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 Southern Plains/Southwest drought and heatwave »Spring-Fall, 2011 |
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 Mississippi River flooding »Spring-Summer, 2011 |
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| Upper Midwest flooding » Summer 2011 |
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 Hurricane Irene »August 20-29, 2011 |
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 Texas, New Mexico, Arizona wildfires »Spring-Fall 2011
These findings are only for the US, but as we reported in News Links a few weeks ago they are comparable to concerns reported out by the International Panel on Climate Change prior to the climate conference opening. (Video below) |
