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Weather events that cost at least $1 billion in damages in 2015

A large tornado passes west of the city of Halstead, Kan., May 6, 2015.
A large tornado passes west of the city of Halstead, Kan., May 6, 2015.
Wichita Eagle Via Getty Images
National Park Service workers clear the stairs of snow around the Lincoln Memorial on Feb. 2, 2015.
National Park Service workers clear the stairs of snow around the Lincoln Memorial on Feb. 2, 2015.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAY
A Wal-Mart is submerged after the San Marcos River flooded in San Marcos, TX May 24, 2015. Record rainfall was wreaking havoc across a swath of the U.S. Midwest.
A Wal-Mart is submerged after the San Marcos River flooded in San Marcos, TX May 24, 2015. Record rainfall was wreaking havoc across a swath of the U.S. Midwest.
Rodolfo Gonzalez, AP
Roberto Salas and Lewis Sternhagen check a flooded car in Houston, May 26, 2015.
Roberto Salas and Lewis Sternhagen check a flooded car in Houston, May 26, 2015.
Marie D. De Jesus, AP
Jeanni Adame rides in her boat as she checks on neighbors she wants to evacuate near Summerville, S.C. Oct. 5, 2015.
Jeanni Adame rides in her boat as she checks on neighbors she wants to evacuate near Summerville, S.C. Oct. 5, 2015.
Mic Smith, AP
Matt Muraski joins hundreds of volunteers at River Des Peres Park in St. Louis Dec. 29, 2015, to fill sandbags as part of the Street and Parks Departments' effort to hold off flooding.
Matt Muraski joins hundreds of volunteers at River Des Peres Park in St. Louis Dec. 29, 2015, to fill sandbags as part of the Street and Parks Departments' effort to hold off flooding.
Huy Mach, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Via AP
This hotel was damaged in the storm in Oklahoma City, May 6, 2015.
This hotel was damaged in the storm in Oklahoma City, May 6, 2015.
Sue Ogrocki, AP
Gary Rink walks behind his home in Coal City, Ill., after a tornado passed through the area June 23, 2015.
Gary Rink walks behind his home in Coal City, Ill., after a tornado passed through the area June 23, 2015.
Charles Rex Arbogast, AP
Farmer Gino Celli climbs out of a irrigation canal that is covered in dried salt on a field he farms near Stockton, Calif. Calif. May 18, 2015.
Farmer Gino Celli climbs out of a irrigation canal that is covered in dried salt on a field he farms near Stockton, Calif. Calif. May 18, 2015.
Rich Pedroncelli, AP
Pedestrians walk through blowing snow in Boston, Feb. 15, 2015.
Pedestrians walk through blowing snow in Boston, Feb. 15, 2015.
Michael Dwyer, AP
A State Division of Forestry air tanker works the Sockeye fire north of Kashwitna Lake June 14, 2015 near Willow, Alaska. T
A State Division of Forestry air tanker works the Sockeye fire north of Kashwitna Lake June 14, 2015 near Willow, Alaska. T
Bill Roth, AP
A funnel cloud in Rockford, Ill. April 9, 2015.
A funnel cloud in Rockford, Ill. April 9, 2015.
Max Gersh, AP
Floodwaters surround a farm and plantation near Huger, S.C., Oct. 5, 2015.
Floodwaters surround a farm and plantation near Huger, S.C., Oct. 5, 2015.
Mic Smith, AP
Jerry Hardy and wife his Tracey evacuate their family from floodwaters near Conway, S.C., Oct. 5, 2015.
Jerry Hardy and wife his Tracey evacuate their family from floodwaters near Conway, S.C., Oct. 5, 2015.
Jason Lee, P
Volunteers pile sand as they help fill sandbags in St. Louis. Dec. 29, 2015. Flooding across Missouri forced the closure of hundreds of roads and threatened homes.
Volunteers pile sand as they help fill sandbags in St. Louis. Dec. 29, 2015. Flooding across Missouri forced the closure of hundreds of roads and threatened homes.
Jeff Roberson, AP
Derek Smith from Bonne Terre, looks at the shattered rear window of his mom's car that was busted out by hail slightly smaller than a tennis ball that fell from a storm in downtown Farmington, Mo., April 8, 2015.
Derek Smith from Bonne Terre, looks at the shattered rear window of his mom's car that was busted out by hail slightly smaller than a tennis ball that fell from a storm in downtown Farmington, Mo., April 8, 2015.
David Carson, AP
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