Hurricanes cost more than you think. Here’s why that matters.

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By Matt SimonSep 19, 2024, 4:45 am210 pts
Blowing 100 mile-per-hour winds, Hurricane Francine ripped into Southern Louisiana on September 11, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people. Its most dangerous and damaging effect, though, was the storm surge of seawater that it bulldozed ashore, inundating coastal parishes like Terrebonne and…

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