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US natural disasters in 2017 caused the largest damage
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- 09 January, 2018
- 13:36
Baku. 9 January. REPORT.AZ/ Natural disasters in 2017 caused the United States the largest damage in the history of the country.
Report informs citing the Interfax, this was stated in a report of the US administration.
It says that a series of fires, frosts, floods and hurricanes cost the country $ 306 billion. This significantly exceeds the previous "record" of $ 215 billion recorded in 2005.
It was noted that losses from hurricanes amounted to $ 265 billion in 2017.
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