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Federal report says 2017 shattered US damage record for natural disasters
BILL HUTCHINSON
Good Morning AmericaJanuary 21, 2018
An onslaught of wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and other natural disasters across the nation in 2017 caused $306.2 billion in damage, breaking a record for the price of destruction, according to a report released Sunday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information tallied 16 natural disasters that each caused more than $1 billion in damage. Together, the disasters shattered the previous single-year record of $214.8 billion in destruction that occurred in 2005 when hurricanes Dennis, Katrina, Rita and Wilma wreaked havoc on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.
PHOTO: An aerial view of homes that were destroyed by the Tubbs Fire, Oct. 11, 2017 in Santa Rosa, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Federal report says 2017 shattered US damage record for natural disasters
Now that is money that will not be spent on new infrastructure. Close to a third of a trillion dollars in damage to our nation. And hundreds of thousands of families that have suffered major losses and disruptions to their lives. Still, the denialists state that nothing is happening.
BILL HUTCHINSON
Good Morning AmericaJanuary 21, 2018
An onslaught of wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and other natural disasters across the nation in 2017 caused $306.2 billion in damage, breaking a record for the price of destruction, according to a report released Sunday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information tallied 16 natural disasters that each caused more than $1 billion in damage. Together, the disasters shattered the previous single-year record of $214.8 billion in destruction that occurred in 2005 when hurricanes Dennis, Katrina, Rita and Wilma wreaked havoc on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.
PHOTO: An aerial view of homes that were destroyed by the Tubbs Fire, Oct. 11, 2017 in Santa Rosa, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Federal report says 2017 shattered US damage record for natural disasters
Now that is money that will not be spent on new infrastructure. Close to a third of a trillion dollars in damage to our nation. And hundreds of thousands of families that have suffered major losses and disruptions to their lives. Still, the denialists state that nothing is happening.