![(Left) Hurricane Ida making landfall in Louisiana, as seen by the GOES-16 satellite on August 29, 2021. (Right) Smoke plumes from numerous California wildfires, as seen from the GOES-17 satellite on August 23, 2021. Ida and the western wildfires were two of the U.S. weather and climate disasters in 2021 that each exceeded $1 billion in damages. A new NOAA tool now pinpoints the risk of natural disasters across the U.S. down to county level. (Image credit: NOAA Satellites) (Left) Hurricane Ida making landfall in Louisiana, as seen by the GOES-16 satellite on August 29, 2021. (Right) Smoke plumes from numerous California wildfires, as seen from the GOES-17 satellite on August 23, 2021. Ida and the western wildfires were two of the U.S. weather and climate disasters in 2021 that each exceeded $1 billion in damages. A new NOAA tool now pinpoints the risk of natural disasters across the U.S. down to county level.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2021-12/IMAGE-Hurricane%20Ida%20GOES-16%20satellite%20on%20August%2029%202021%20and%20California%20Smoke%20plumes%20GOES-17%20satellite%20on%20August%2023%202021-NOAA%20Satellites_1.jpg?h=fea994a5&itok=QmOI_tqO)
(Left) Hurricane Ida making landfall in Louisiana, as seen by the GOES-16 satellite on August 29, 2021. (Right) Smoke plumes from numerous California wildfires, as seen from the GOES-17 satellite on August 23, 2021. Ida and the western wildfires were two of the U.S. weather and climate disasters in 2021 that each exceeded $1 billion in damages. A new NOAA tool now pinpoints the risk of natural disasters across the U.S. down to county level. (Image credit: NOAA Satellites)