Earlier today I posted a story about how much natural disasters cost each state. But how much do they cost the nation as a whole? GoBankingRates.com has a short article which describes what the costs of some recent disasters have been here. A lot of the costs are absorbed locally but in the big disasters, money comes from every level including the federal government. And of course, many people volunteer their time and money to help in a variety of ways, and that is much harder to account for.
Photo by Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
