NYC storm

(Bloomberg) – Thanks to the nor'easters that hit New York and the East Coast, the U.S. has already had three $1 billion weather disasters since January, half the number in an average year.

January and March winter storms that flooded the East Coast, dumping snow by the foot, accounted for two of the events, according to a statement Friday from the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Information. The third was a tornado outbreak in the U.S. South. In all 34 people died, with 22 in the January nor'easter.

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Record flooding

The January storm made the list because of record flooding in Boston. Jake Crouch, a physical scientist at the national centers in Asheville, North Carolina, said the coastal flooding was made worse by rising seas linked to climate change.

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