Every one degree celsius raise in temperature allows air to hold 7% more moisture. the storms are likely to cast california billion dollars. this comes as we learned this week that extreme weather cost the u.s. 165 billion dollars in 2022. there has been a whole slew of bad headlines, with scientists concluding that the past eight years were the hottest on record. oceans surging to a record high, which feels extreme weather. and the great salt lake on the verge of collapse. this will expose millions of people to toxic dust. everything is totally fine. not a climate dumpster fire at all. in california, state that has been taking action to address the climate crisis, but even that is clearly not enough. in congress and the rest of the country needs to take it seriously or it s gonna get worse. the more you know. that s a readout.
That the state isn t ready for. every one degree celsius raise in temperature allows air to hold 7% more moisture. the storms are likely to cast california billion dollars. this comes as we learned this week that extreme weather cost the u.s. 165 billion dollars in 2022. there has been a whole slew of bad headlines, with scientists concluding that the past eight years were the hottest on record. oceans surging to a record high, which feels extreme weather. and the great salt lake on the verge of collapse. this will expose millions of people to toxic dust. everything is totally fine. not a climate dumpster fire at all. in california, state that has been taking action to address the climate crisis, but even that is clearly not enough. in congress and the rest of the country needs to take it seriously or it s gonna get worse. the more you know. that s a readout.
Wall, disaster costs for 2022 easily exceed $165 billion. climate change is warming the whole planet and that includes the atmosphere and the ocean. what that means for us is that the atmosphere is able to hold more moisture, so these storms can be bigger. reporter: tonight our changing planet as our new normal becomes even more extreme. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. let s turn to our other big story tonight. president biden facing criticism over his handling of classified documents following the white house disclosure that they were discovered in a private office he used after he was vice president. kristen welker has late details. reporter: tonight president biden at a mexico summit defending his handling of classified documents after that stunning white house admission they were found inside mr. biden s private office space at his washington think tank. people know i take classified
Areas to the north but if you look at the forecast and all the rain and the mountain snows out west, the parade of storms continues. here is the california coastline. you see the storm spinning to the north. that s where the winds are stronger but they re lining up. it looks like to take care of this drought, we need more than weeks of this. we need seasons of this rain. it s a mega drought. the next ones after tomorrow will be late friday night into saturday will be the next potent one after tomorrow. they re lining up but looks like maybe day six, seven they start to break down somewhat and slide more towards baja, california. tom sater, thanks so much. extreme weather like the flooding in california costs the united states at least $165 billion last year according to a new report. in 2022, 18 catastrophic climate did disasters like tornados, extreme heat, extreme cold, drought, hurricanes and flooding caused 474 deaths and cost at least i m sorry, and cost at least $1
Which is pretty impressive. and it means that this guy is now the richest person in the world. this is bernard arnault. he is a french businessman and he is luxury brand owner of louis vuitton and sephora and he is now worth $165 billion. moving on to mark zuckerberg, whose fortune declined $45.6 billion. it means that he is now ranked in 25th place on the billionaires index. and if you cast your mind back to 2018, you ll remember that amazon founderjeff bezos was announced as the world s richest man. well, unfortunately, he s now ranked in sixth place. he s now worth $107 billion. they ve all taken a bit of a hammering, these tech entrepreneurs. what about russians? the oligarchs have taken a bit of a hit in terms of sanctions, haven t they? yes, that s right. russian oligarchs were faced with strict sanctions from western nations