Tornadoes, flood, drought cost US billions in 2013

Tornadoes, flood, drought cost US billions in 2013
Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - Seven weather disasters, including tornadoes, droughts and a flood, cost the United States at least a billion dollars each last year and killed more than 100 people, US authorities said Wednesday. While the total cost will not be added up until later this year, experts said 2013 was rather quiet compared to the previous two years in terms of the number of big disasters. "We saw a relativ ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Tornadoes_flood_drought_cost_US_billions_in_2013_999.html