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01-08-2018, 09:39 PM
Weather and climate disasters cost the U.S. a record $306 billion in 2017
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A disastrous hurricane season combined with wildfires and other extreme weather events inflicted a record-setting toll on the U.S. in 2017, with 16 billion-dollar weather and climate events (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/) costing a total of $306 billion in damage. These events caused 362 direct deaths.
These figures come from a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), released on Monday morning.*
SEE ALSO: Disastrous 2017 Atlantic hurricane season ends, with hard-hit areas still reeling (http://mashable.com/2017/11/30/devastating-2017-hurricane-season-ends-most-expensive/)
The previous costliest year for the U.S. was 2005, when losses totaled $215 billion, largely due to the three major hurricane strikes of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/08/2017-record-year-billion-dollar-disasters-third-warmest/)
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A disastrous hurricane season combined with wildfires and other extreme weather events inflicted a record-setting toll on the U.S. in 2017, with 16 billion-dollar weather and climate events (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/) costing a total of $306 billion in damage. These events caused 362 direct deaths.
These figures come from a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), released on Monday morning.*
SEE ALSO: Disastrous 2017 Atlantic hurricane season ends, with hard-hit areas still reeling (http://mashable.com/2017/11/30/devastating-2017-hurricane-season-ends-most-expensive/)
The previous costliest year for the U.S. was 2005, when losses totaled $215 billion, largely due to the three major hurricane strikes of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/08/2017-record-year-billion-dollar-disasters-third-warmest/)
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