Climate-Change Disasters Cost U.S. More Than $200 Billion This Year
After a year of unprecedented fires and floods, natural disasters exacerbated by climate change will cost the United States more than $200 billion. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria were among the most expensive hurricanes in U.S. history, according to the disaster tracking group Enki Holdings. Combined with a severe and unusually long wildfire season, the government will need to pay at least $216 billion in disaster relief, more than the annual gross domestic product of Portugal.
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