Climate related trends in US hazardous material releases caused by natural hazards

Natural hazards are the underlying cause of between 1 and 7 percent federally reported hazmat releases in US every year. During period from 1990 through 2019 fraction caused by natural has increased, large part due to increased hurricanes as well floods, storms wind. Many these events minor, but some have resulted expensive deaths, injuries, evacuations. Inter annual variability is correlated with occurrence extreme weather associated climate indices. Given observed future predicted increases events, it likely many types will continue increase. Greater attention management hazard risk industry, particularly bulk storage facilities, required prevent further increase frequency severity events.