claim: Hurricane Harvey gave Houston and the surrounding region a $125 billion lesson about the costs of misjudging the potential for floods
evidences.evidence_id: Houston:735
evidences.article: Houston
evidences.evidence: "Hurricane Harvey was year's costliest U.S. disaster at $125 billion in damages".
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Houston:85
evidences.article: Houston
evidences.evidence: The damage for the Houston area is estimated at up to $125 billion U.S. dollars, and it is considered to be one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States, with the death toll exceeding 70 people.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Hurricane Harvey:1
evidences.article: Hurricane Harvey
evidences.evidence: It is tied with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record, inflicting $125 billion (2017 USD) in damage, primarily from catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding in the Houston metropolitan area and Southeast Texas.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Hurricane Harvey:238
evidences.article: Hurricane Harvey
evidences.evidence: Preliminary reporting from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration set a more concrete total at $125 billion, making Harvey the 2nd costliest tropical cyclone on record, behind Hurricane Katrina with 2017 costs of $161 billion (after adjusting for inflation).
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Hurricane Harvey:84
evidences.article: Hurricane Harvey
evidences.evidence: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated total damage at $125 billion, with a 90% confidence interval of $90–160 billion.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS