Hurricane Harvey [4] , which struck the southeastern United States at the end of August 2017 and Irma [5] that has lashed Florida since Sunday, September 10, 2017, are expected to cause 290 billion USD in damage.
This amount advanced by the Accuweather meteorological service represents 1.5% of the United States'GDP. The losses caused by these two events would hamper the US economic growth between mid-August and the end of the current year.
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