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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
National
Joe Mario Pedersen

Record hurricane season tallies more than $60 billion in damage, report finds

ORLANDO, Fla. — The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season shattered records across the board of meteorology, but one record it didn't break was the cost of damages.

Regardless, the outlier year is still responsible for a whopping total estimated between $60 billion to $65 billion in damages to the United States, according to an AccuWeather report.

"AccuWeather's estimate includes all losses and financial impact to the economy, which are greater than insured losses," said AccuWeather CEO Joel Myers.

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