A climatology of recent extreme weather and climate events /

Provides an overview, details, and graphics for 46 weather events during 1980-1999, each of which caused at least $1 billion in damages. Relates the events to population changes, increasing risk in disaster-prone areas, and effects of climate change.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ross, Tom
Corporate Author:	National Climatic Data Center (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Lott, Neal
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Asheville, NC : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, National Climatic Data Center, [2000]
Series:	National Climatic Data Center technical report ; no. 2000-02.
Subjects:	Climatic extremes > United States. Hurricanes > United States. Tornadoes > United States. Severe storms > United States. Droughts > United States. Floods > United States. Heat waves (Meteorology) > United States. Electronic books. Government publications.
Online Access:	http://nndc.noaa.gov/?http://ols.nndc.noaa.gov/plolstore/plsql/olstore.prodspecific?prodnum=C00517-PUB-A0001 https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS105562

Description
Summary:	Provides an overview, details, and graphics for 46 weather events during 1980-1999, each of which caused at least $1 billion in damages. Relates the events to population changes, increasing risk in disaster-prone areas, and effects of climate change.
Item Description:	Title from web page (viewed Feb. 24, 2004). "October 2000." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	17 pages : color illustrations, color maps. Also available in print version.
Format:	System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: Internet from the NOAA web site. Address as of 11/19/2008: http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/techrpts/tr200002/tr2000-02.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 8-9).