Top U.S. weather story of 2009: drought hits a 10-year low
The weather gods were unusually kind to the U.S. in 2009, as the nation had no hurricane landfalls, a relatively quiet tornado season, no billion-dollar floods, and the lowest drought footprint of the decade by year's end. According to insurance giant Munich Re, the four costliest 2009 weather disasters in the U.S., not including droughts, were:$2.5 billion: February 10 - 13 Severe weather and tornado outbreak$2.0 billion: June 10 - 18 Severe weather and tornado out