Natural disasters cost U.S. a record $306 billion last year - CBS News

Sixteen natural disasters cost more than a billion dollars each in 2017, and the total cost blew past the previous U.S. record

“Extreme weather disasters, including hurricanes, droughts, and wildfires, cost the country $306 billion in damages in 2017 (CBS), according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The total tops a previous record of $215 billion in 200...