AUSTIN — A trio of monster hurricanes and
a ferocious wildfire season led to the costliest year for natural disasters on record in the U.S. in 2017, with nearly a third of a trillion dollars in damage, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday.
In 2017, the U.S. endured its costliest year for weather and climate disasters on record because of a trio of monster hurricanes and
a ferocious wildfire season.
AUSTIN — A trio of monster hurricanes and
a ferocious wildfire season led to the costliest year for natural disasters on record in the U.S. in 2017, with nearly a third of a trillion dollars in damage,...