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Harvey Could Be Most Expensive Storm In History

August 31, 2017 at 7:38 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Accuweather estimates that Hurricane Harvey could be “the most costly natural disaster in United States history” and estimates that its economic impact on GDP is $190 billion, which is more than that of Katrina and Sandy combined.

Bloomberg: Harvey wasn’t just bad weather. It was bad city planning.

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