hurricane ida, a deadly category 4 storm that slammed louisiana and triggered tornadoes and flooding as far north as new york city was the most expensive, costing the u.s. $75 billion. the winter storm that froze the deep south, including it was the second costliest at 24 billion. the wildfires cost the u.s. 26.4 billion. >> we cannot adapt to run away climate change. >> reporter: in ten years these disasters have cost the united states just over a trillion dollars. to put this in perspective, that's double the cost of the currently stalled climate legislation. the climate provisions in the bill aim to slash greenhouse gases by half of 2005 bevels. >> those are all tools to make sure we're truly leveraging our dollars and taxpayer dollars to