A record amount of record of all times the cost of the natural disasters that hit the US in 2017

In 2017, it was the most costly year in times of natural disasters in the US, as the cost of successive hurricanes and huge fires is estimated at $ 306 billion, according to a report by the Ocean and Atmosphere Service (NOAA) released today.

Sixteen of these natural disasters caused damage of over $ 1 billion each, something unprecedented in time, says NOAA. The previous record was recorded in 2005, with losses or losses of $ 215 billion mainly because the US was hit by hurricanes Katrina, Vilma and Rita this year.

Fires in the western US, and especially in California, are estimated to have caused $ 18 billion of damage. This is three times higher than the previous recorded record.

Hurricane Hurley, who drowned Texas, caused $ 125 billion in damages. It was, in terms of cost, the second worst natural disaster after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The $ 90 billion loss came from Hurricane Maria who hit Puerto Rico while Hurricane Hirma, who swept through the Caribbean and Florida, has caused $ 50 billion of damage.

NOAA also notes that one should look at 2011 to find 16 natural phenomena that caused damage of at least $ 1 billion each in a single year.