Fourth-Highest Number: Disasters I and I Ve

fourth-highest number: Needless to say, I've been more than a little worried about the weather, according to Market Watch. Extreme weather in the U.S. is inarguably on the upswing; 2018 had the fourth-highest number of billion-dollar weather-related disasters 14 and was the fourth-costliest year 91 billion for those disasters, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. I don't mean a little rain, I mean 13.47 inches of rain through Feb. 23, a mere 3 inches shy of the record monthly rainfall we received in 2010, which unfortunately flooded my home and many others in the area. The top three years for both number of disasters and costs have all occurred within the last 15 years. Read Sleepwalking into catastrophe' Extreme weather is biggest global risk in 2019 Investors, too, are increasingly wondering how they can put their investment dollars to work to help mitigate climate change. Indeed, for individuals who understand the difference between weather and climate, there is a sense of growing urgency around climate change, particularly in the wake of so many headline-grabbing hurricanes, floods, fires and droughts. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.