2017 the costliest year in US history for natural disasters

Terra Daily Tuesday, 9 January 2018 ()
2017 the costliest year in US history for natural disastersMiami (AFP) Jan 8, 2018

Last year was the most expensive in US history for natural disasters, with a barrage of fires, freezes, floods and hurricanes that cost $306 billion, according to a US government report Monday. In 2017, a total of 16 disasters cost $1 billion or more, and led to at least 362 deaths, said the report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The death toll could be substantia
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News video: The US spent more money on weather disasters in 2017 than any year on record — here's the final total

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 Many severe weather related events that happened in 2017 made it the costliest year on record for natural disasters. Hurricanes and wildfires among other events caused $306 billion in damages for the United States. 2017 shattered the previous cost record which was set in 2005 when Hurricanes Katrina,...