Billion-dollar disaster data returns, but this time it's not being run by the federal government

Climate Central revived the billion-dollar disaster dataset shut down by the Trump administration in May, restoring a key tracker of weather and climate damages. Led by Adam Smith, who ran the project at NOAA, the nonprofit says it rebuilt data partnerships and will expand regular updates. Since the federal site went dark, Climate Central tallied 14 U.S. disasters topping $1 billion, exceeding $101 billion; January's Los Angeles wildfires alone topped $60 billion—the costliest U.S. disaster of 2025 and the costliest wildfire on record. Separately, former climate.gov staff relaunched climate.us, now hosting the Fifth National Climate Assessment removed in June.

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