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NYC, Boston ban road travel as huge storm hits

A historic snowstorm blasted its way through the Northeast on Monday, bringing with it havoc, flight cancellations, school closings and worry that up to 3 feet of snow and hurricane-force winds might be on the horizon. Both New York City and Boston took the rare step of banning all forms of...

Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Overview

"In 2014, there were 8 weather and climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each across the United States. These events included a drought event, a flooding event, 5 severe storm events, and a winter storm event. Overall, these events resulted in the deaths of 53 people and had...

Review of natural catastrophes in 2014

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The absence of very severe catastrophes and a quiet hurricane season in the North Atlantic meant that losses from natural catastrophes in 2014 were much lower. In North America, overall losses of US$ 30bn and insured losses of US$ 18bn were well below...

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