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A relatively paltry $4 million has been paid directly to families and individuals in the week since Hurricane Helene ravaged the Southeast. Feds say there’s no money left to respond to ...
The Hurricane Helene floodwaters that tore through Erwin on Sept. 27 did not discriminate, taking whatever they pleased. For Monty Dunbar, the floods took his ability to provide for his family.
Other catastrophic storms include Hurricane Ian in 2022, which caused about $180 to $210 billion in damage; Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017 with a combined total of about $270 billion ...
One resident's rough estimation indicates nearly 820 have become homeless due to Hurricane Helene's devastating flood waters. The wind and water had tossed mobile homes hundreds of yards and washed away cars into the Catawba River, leaving the town's residents to wait for the restoration of cell service and the arrival of help from across North ...
The Anderson Economic Group estimated that the U.S. economy would lose $2.1 billion from a one-week strike, $1.5 billion due to the loss in value or degradation of items such as perishable goods, $400 million for transportation company losses, and $200 million in lost wages for the striking port workers.
The destruction Hurricane Ian dealt to Southwest Florida in terms of lives, properties and jobs lost will resonate for years. ... Southwest Florida’s particular challenges are due to the nature ...
Average wages are the lowest of any employment sector ($15.10 per hour, almost $1.50 below the national average). In short, if this pool of workers were to diminish, there’d be a problem.
The Western Wisconsin Derecho was a derecho, or severe weather system, that occurred through several counties of Western Wisconsin on July 15, 1980. It caused $240 million in damage (equivalent to $887.5 million in 2023) -- the largest storm damage total in Wisconsin history to that point. [1]