; (B) deadly floods in the Southeast and Midwest; (C) hundreds of devastating tornadoes across the United States; (D) Hurricane Irene in the Northeast; (E) more than $50,000,000,000 in weather-related damages; (F) 14 extreme weather events, which resulted in more than $1,000,000,000 in damages each and caused a combined death toll of hundreds of people; and (G) many other extreme weather events with lesser, but still significant, impacts. (6) In 2012, in addition to Superstorm Sandy, the United States experienced— (A) drought conditions in more than 60 percent of the contiguous United States at the peak of the drought, including more than 2,200 counties that have received disaster designations from the Secretary of Agriculture due to the drought; (B) deadly floods in Minnesota, Tropical Storm Debby in Florida, and Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana; (C) destructive wildfires on more than 9,000,000 acres across 37 States; (D) power outages affecting more than 3,400,000 homes due to severe storms during the summer