24 Aug 2023 11:47 pm
The risk modeling agency estimates that the wildfires, which destroyed more than 2,000 structures, caused $4 billion to $6 billion in losses from property damage and business interruption, with the town of Lahaina taking the brunt of the damage. That's not including up to $1 billion in lost output, the report added.
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The most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2017, Maria was the thirteenth named storm, eighth consecutive hurricane, fourth major hurricane, second Category 5 hurricane, and deadliest storm of the extremely active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. Maria was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Mitch in 1998, and the tenth most intense Atlantic hurricane on record. Total monetary losses are estimated at upwards of $91.61 billion (2017 USD), mostly in Puerto Rico, ranking it as the fourth-costliest tropical cyclone on record.
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The devastation in 2017 in Puerto Rico was roughly twenty times more costly.
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The most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2017, Maria was the thirteenth named storm, eighth consecutive hurricane, fourth major hurricane, second Category 5 hurricane, and deadliest storm of the extremely active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. Maria was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Mitch in 1998, and the tenth most intense Atlantic hurricane on record. Total monetary losses are estimated at upwards of $91.61 billion (2017 USD), mostly in Puerto Rico, ranking it as the fourth-costliest tropical cyclone on record.
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The devastation in 2017 in Puerto Rico was roughly twenty times more costly.