Wednesday, January 24, 2018

The Year of Billion Dollar Disasters

Cooper Hendricks
Staff Writers

2017 was an expensive year in disaster costs for the US at $306 million. It is estimated to be the third most expensive year in the 123 years of records. It comes after 2014 and 2012 in disaster costs. With a total of 3 hurricanes, 8 severe storms, 1 wildfire and 2 floods, 2017 left a sizable dent in disaster costs.
  Some places in Florida and even Texas are still recovering from the damage done by Harvey, Irma, and Maria, granted some people haven't recovered from Hurricane Sandy back in 2012 so we will probably hear about this for years to come. Not to mention these hurricanes were some of the costliest disasters over the year.
  Each disaster costed more than a billion each. Which is quite shocking when you think about it. Some people have supported the idea of proper training and prevention for later disasters.