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Thursday, August 18, 2011
The Billion Dollar Disaster
Well, there wasn't just one Billion Dollar Disaster in America this year. There were nine.
Nine weather-related disasters causing at least a billion dollars in damage, which ties the 30 year record established in 2008. But with hurricane season and the first part of winter to go.
There were two billion dollar floods, five billion dollar tornadoes and a billion dollar blizzard. And assorted thunderstorms tacked on another $20 billion, double the normal. And we're just heading into the traditional thunderstorm season in the East.
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