Sharon Chen

ALT A small multiples graphic made of six US states cartograms, each showing the states affected by natural disasters with more than $1 billion in damages, 2019–2024. The six types of disasters were: Hurricane (states affected colored in green): mostly in the East Coast and South, from Texas to Massachusetts). Drought (orange yellow): All of Western US, from California to Tennessee and Kentucky. Flooding (baby blue): California, Arizona, all of the Mississippi basin from the Dakotas to Louisiana, Texas; Also N.Y., Vermont and Connecticut. Severe storm (lavender): All of the continental US states, except for Montana and west of it, and Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine. Wildfire (red): All of Western US from Colorado, plus Texas. Also includes Hawaii and Alaska. Winter storm (gray): All of the continental US states, except for Florida, the five Great American West states and the four of the five southwestern US states (Nevada was affected but not other four).