Sentences with phrase «u.s. damage estimates»

Preliminary U.S. damage estimates are near $ 50 billion, making Sandy the second - costliest cyclone to hit the United States since 1900.

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It's also worth noting that extrapolating information from a single U.S. county to others isn't an exact science, which is why the range in estimated damage is so broad.

Because so many potential plaintiffs are involved — Uber has an estimated 200,000 drivers in the U.S. — the damages could be huge.

The value of the tariffs was based on U.S. estimates of economic damage caused by intellectual - property theft by China, the person said.

Harvey is on track to become one of the costliest storms in U.S. history, with an estimates ranging from around $ 75 billion to $ 95 billion in damages, accounting for property damage to cars, homes, commercial buildings and infrastructure.

It may also be that, with damage estimates of $ 50 billion positioning Hurricane Sandy as second only to Hurricane Katrina in terms of total losses, investors may be sticking with the relative safety of the U.S. bond market.

The U.S. government's National Flood Insurance Program has about $ 7.6 billion in available funds to pay Hurricane Harvey - related claims with analysts estimating damages of several times that amount.

In a further setback to reducing U.S. carbon emissions, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency has proposed lowering the U.S. government's «social cost» of carbon, or the estimated cost of sea - level rise, lower crop yields, and other climate - change related economic damages, from $ 42 per ton by 2020 to a low of $ 1 per ton.

While the Trump administration has said it will take weeks to complete a comprehensive damage assessment for Puerto Rico, early estimates suggest that an effective response for the commonwealth and the U.S. Virgin Islands would be on par with what it will cost to rebuild from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says more than 9 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes and an estimated 50 percent of people with diabetes have some form of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, nerve damage caused by high levels of blood sugar, although not all have symptoms.

Nearly 170 million people worldwide have hepatitis C infections and one quarter of those cases can lead to liver disease that leaves the organ scarred and otherwise damaged, he says, adding, «The latest estimate is that in the U.S. five million people have hepatitis C infections and many people don't even know it.»

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that nutria have damaged more than 100,000 acres of wetlands, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has offered a $ 4 - per - tail bounty for the creatures.

They could foretell historically unprecedented strings of storms in the Atlantic basin's climate - changed future, some of which would make Hurricane Sandy, which killed 72 people and caused an estimated $ 50 billion damage in the U.S. alone, seem like a storm in a teacup.

Between the shutdown of oil refineries and chemical plants, impaired roads and ports, and widespread damage to homes, businesses and cars, the economic toll from Hurricane Harvey is now being estimated as the second - costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, trailing only the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

In fact, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated that extreme weather in the U.S. has caused $ 32 billion worth of damage so far this year.

As the northeast coast mourns and struggles in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. death toll nears 100 and experts estimate up to $ 20 billion in total insured damages.

Based on that estimate, the additional emissions caused by the U.S. failing to meet its Paris commitment would cause about $ 100 billion of damage to the global economy — not an insignificant number, but small in comparison to the size of the global economy.

Along with the hot summer, annual precipitation for 2003 was as much as 12 inches (300 millimeters) below normal, leaving most of Europe in a drought.21 Damages to the agricultural sector were estimated at more than U.S. $ 16 billion (more than $ 13 billion).3, 21 Many areas saw an increase in wildfires, while low water levels in major rivers led to problems ranging from irrigating crops to cooling power plants.4, 21,22

Circa 2012: Hurricane Sandy causes an estimated $ 100 billion in damages in the U.S. Northeast.

The study also estimates that resultant emissions decreases would reduce 2050 U.S. climate change costs — such as coastal erosion and extreme weather damage — by about $ 3.2 billion per year.

According to one estimate, damage from climate disasters and sea level rise will cost U.S. costal areas alone $ 1 trillion by 2100.

It's been estimated that since European settlement, half of the wetlands in the continental U.S. have been drained, filled or irreparably damaged.

Termite infestation: The National Pest Management Association estimates termites cause $ 5 billion in damage in the U.S. each year — and it's not covered by standard homeowners insurance policies.

«The rising tide of these damaging suits is contributing to the suppression of the U.S. economy and hampering job creation and commerce.Economic damage caused by PAEs is estimated by Boston University to be around $ 29 billion annually, and a single may easily cost the defendant over $ 1 million — even when the defendant prevails.»

Flood damage as a result of rising sea levels over the next 100 years, are expected to impact over $ 900 billion worth of homes in the U.S.. This, according to a recent report by Zillow that analyzes the types of homes that could be underwater by 2100, based on recent climate change estimates.