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Weather forecaster AccuWeather has estimated that the financial damages due to Hurricane Helene are $225 to $250 billion, doubling their figure from last week’s Florida landfall, dwarfing the economic costs of Sandy in 2012 and Harvey in 2017. The number is estimated by calculating the cost of rebuilding homes, businesses and infrastructure on top of the loss of economic output. Read more from The @Grist.

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Grist · Hurricane Helene could cost $200 billion. Nobody knows where the money will come from.By Jake Bittle
#Helene#NorthCarolina#Tennessee
Oct 04, 2024, 11:00 PM·Public·Web
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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘

@NewsDesk @Grist Never mind that, give me a figure for the damage to hearts and souls and nervous systems. #HeleneAftermath

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So what is the cost of infrastructure replacement. When you include "economic" costs the numbers are so easily skewed.

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@NewsDesk @Grist Even places far from Helene’s path were affected at record levels. My cousin just called me from Florida. Her home on Casey Key, near Venice, flooded 4’ deep from storm surge for the first time since it was built in 1952. Fortunately they have flood insurance.

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