The United States has experienced a record number of natural disasters with damage estimated at more than $1bn, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) reported, as extreme weather events increase due to climate change.NOAA, a federal weather and storm monitoring agency, said in a statement on Monday that the country has experienced 23 separate billion-dollar disasters so far this year, affecting virtually every region of the country.They include Hurricane Idalia in Florida, wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui and a violent weather system in the central part of the country that spawned as many as 145 tornadoes in the span of two days.
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