320610 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://article.wn.com/view/2018/01/08/2017_Was_Americas_Most_Expensive_Year_on_Record_Due_To_Natur/The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported on Monday that the Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria paired with the devastating Western wildfires made 2017 the most expensive year on record for natural disasters, according to The Washington Post.Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:36:00 +0100wn-3a09f5d11cfb2a337a5367bf1ffe119620180108203600http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2018/01/hurricanes_wildfires_made_2017.htmlThe disasters caused $306 billion in total damage in 2017, with 16 separate events that caused more than $1 billion in damage each. The bulk of the damage, at $265 billion, came from hurricanes in particular. "2017 was a historic year for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters," said Adam....Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:23:00 +0100oregonlive-4f828705dd9b2fc721acf3c4c94e9f3020180108202300http://www.watoday.com.au/world/hurricanes-wildfires-made-2017-the-most-costly-us-disaster-year-on-record-20180108-p4yybw.htmlAccording to NOAA, there have been 215 US disasters costing $US1 billion or more since 1980, for a total of more than $US1.2 trillion in damage. The year 2017 tied 2011 for the largest total number of such events, at 16. With numbers like the ones above, it's no wonder the insurance industry also....Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:20:00 +0100watoday-0ffd1c4d9dd4f2b9cf4e3c0f3b41a3f420180108202000https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/01/08/hurricanes-wildfires-made-2017-the-most-costly-u-s-disaster-year-on-record/?utm_source=rss_energy-environmentThe disasters caused $306 billion in total damage in 2017, with 16 events that caused more than $1 billion in damage each. The bulk of the damage, at $265 billion, came from hurricanes in particular. “2017 was a historic year for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters,” said Adam Smith, an economist for NOAA, on a call with reporters.Mon, 08 Jan 2018 19:51:00 +0100WashingtonPost-078883336f8b74edd1b9f0c33d4cad2420180108195100