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Are catastrophic disasters striking more often?

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Economist and Research Scientist, The Ohio State University

No sooner had Hurricane Harvey’s record rains receded from Houston and neighboring cities than the residents of Florida began bracing for a wallop from an even more powerful storm. And hurricane season hasn’t even peaked yet.

This begs the question: Is the number of major natural disasters striking the United States actually...

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