Biden: Extreme weather will cost the US well over $100bn this year

Extreme weather to cost US over $100bn this year: Joe Biden

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Biden says extreme weather will cost U.S. 'well over $100 billion' this year

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/biden-says-extreme-weather/"></div>GOLDEN, Co. (Reuters) – Extreme weather events will cost the United States well over a $100 billion this year, topping last year’s cost of $99 billion, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. Biden, speaking at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, said nearly one in three American communities had been struck in […]…

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Biden says in Colorado that extreme weather will cost U.S. over $100 billion this year

By Steve Holland

Biden says extreme weather will cost U.S. 'well over $100 billion' this year