Here’s How You Can Help Rebuild After Tragedy
Although we may not be hearing much about it in the news anymore, the woefully overactive 2017 hurricane season left many communities in the U.S. far, far away from a full recovery and in desperate need of assistance, particularly with winter just around the corner.
Here's some sense of scope: According to Accuweather, the economic costs of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma are expected to reach $290 billion. Meanwhile, AIR Worldwide estimated that Hurricane Maria will result in $40 billion to $85 billion in costs, with 85% of that represented by Puerto Rico, and that figure doesn't even include uninsured property damages or flood damage covered by the National Flood Insurance Program.
Of course, rattling off figures can't even come close to adequately describing the human costs, but it's a start in comprehending how massively destructive and disruptive this hurricane season actually was. In other words, this year, there's a lot of need for financial and other forms of assistance in America (and outside of the United States, too).
Source: Fool.com
