Economy 2017 Most Expensive Year for Natural Disasters By Yeco on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 2017 was the costliest year on record for natural disasters in the United States, according to scientists. Sixteen disasters caused an estimated $306 billion in damage. VOA’s Steve Baragona reports. … TelegramWhatsAppPinterestFacebookMastodonNextdoorX Related Previous Post Next Post Related Posts Economy British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel ‘Orbital’ wins Booker Prize for fiction Economy Science Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first presumptive human case of bird flu Economy Science Biggest name world leaders missing at UN climate talks, others fill the void