2021 weather events either directly or indirectly caused at least 688 fatalities; the most the country has seen since 2011. (Credit: Nicole S Glass/Shutterstock) Weather events in 2021 either directly or indirectly caused at least 688 fatalities; the most the country has seen since 2011. (Credit: Nicole S Glass/Shutterstock)

There isn't anywhere in the United States that has been completely untouched by climate change. In fact, according to the NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), the U.S. saw two exceptionally busy years for catastrophic weather events in 2020 and 2021, and with the way these statistics are trending, it appears these disastrous events may be our new normal.

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