The nation also experienced 14 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters last year
![(Left) The smoke plume from California’s Kincade Fire, as seen from the NOAA-20 satellite on October 27, 2019. (Right) Hurricane Dorian spinning near the Bahamas, as seen by the GOES-16 satellite on September 1, 2019. Dorian, and the wildfires in California and Alaska combined, were two of 14 disasters in the U.S. in 2019 that each exceeded $1 billion in damages.
(Image credit: NOAA Satellites) (Left) The smoke plume from California’s Kincade Fire, as seen from the NOAA-20 satellite on October 27, 2019. (Right) Hurricane Dorian spinning near the Bahamas, as seen by the GOES-16 satellite on September 1, 2019. Dorian, and the wildfires in California and Alaska combined, were two of 14 disasters in the U.S. in 2019 that each exceeded $1 billion in damages.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2020/Jan/PHOTO-combo%20satellite%20images%20-%202%20Billion%20Dollar%20Disasters%20in%202019%20%20-%20California%20wildfire%20-%20Hurricane%20Dorian%20-%20HERO%20for%20BDD%20story%20-%20Landscape%20--%201134%20x%20520.jpg?itok=IcCmK2XY)
(Left) The smoke plume from California’s Kincade Fire, as seen from the NOAA-20 satellite on October 27, 2019. (Right) Hurricane Dorian spinning near the Bahamas, as seen by the GOES-16 satellite on September 1, 2019. Dorian, and the wildfires in California and Alaska combined, were two of 14 disasters in the U.S. in 2019 that each exceeded $1 billion in damages. (Image credit: NOAA Satellites)