WATCH NOW: The Cost of Natural Disasters

A series of videos from The New York Times examine the real impact of natural disasters like landslides, floods, and wildfires.

Every year, the United States foots a multi-billion dollar bill for the economic and insured losses incurred from natural disasters. In 2014, the costs reached $25-billion with certain regions of the country more prone to calamity than others. So what disasters are the most common and how much do they cost? These videos from The New York Times break down the natural disasters by region.

SLOW-MOTION CATASTROPHE
California may be known for earthquakes, but the region has a bigger problem right now.


MUD AND FIRE
Where the landscape is spectacular, the natural disasters can be, too.


TAKE COVER
There is one obvious danger in a wide-open country, and another one you might not expect.


MENACINGLY MOIST
Water figures prominently in the list of things most likely to go wrong in the South.


A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING
Despite being a land of extremes, the area is less disaster-prone than the rest of the nation.

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