Scientists: 2022 weather disasters cost US $165B

America's onslaught of mega costly weather disasters remains stuck in high gear. Federal climate scientists on Tuesday say that 2022 had 18 climate extremes that caused at least $1 billion in damage, costing more than $165 billion in damage.

This is part of a big jump in US billion dollar disasters that has been going on since 2016.Meteorologists say 2022 was a wild year even though it wasn't too unusually hot for the United States. It was merely the 18th-warmest on record for the US. Scientists say climate change is supercharging weather extremes.