The drought now baking San Antonio and other parts of Texas also has the potential to be another billion-dollar disaster, according to a federal report.
Texas has experienced a lot of natural disasters lately, among them a historic deep freeze and an oppressive heatwave, not to mention the tornadoes, cyclones and flash floods that regularly plague parts of the state. ranked Texas as the U.S. state third-most affected by costly natural disasters since 1980. That puts it behind hurricane-prone Mississippi and Louisiana, which took the No. 1 and No.
To determine which states were among the most ravaged by costly natural disasters, WalletHub compared all 50 across two key metrics, including the number of climate disasters causing at least $1 billion in damage since 1980 and the economic loss per capita for each disaster.Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters ReportOf all states, Texas had the most climate-related disasters causing at least $1 billion in damages between 1980 and 2023.
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