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redOrbit: Researchers said on Monday that deaths and health problems from floods, drought and other U.S. disasters related to climate change cost $14 billion in the past decade.
The study looked at the cost of human suffering and loss of life due to six disasters from 2000 through 2009.
"When extreme weather hits, we hear about the property damage and insurance costs," Kim Knowlton, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council and a co-author of the study, said in a statement. "The healthcare......
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Climate Change Disasters Cost US $14 Billion In Past Decade
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 8th, 2011
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