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Here’s how much climate change could cost the U.S.

A new report tallies the damage from more extreme weather events and growing health risks

Hurricane Harvey flooding

NEW WORLD  The United States is poised to suffer big economic losses due to climate change, federal scientists say in a new report. The nation has already begun to feel those effects, such as the intense rainfall dumped by Hurricane Harvey in Texas (shown) and Louisiana in 2017.

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By Carolyn Gramling and Laurel Hamers

- More than 2 years ago

The United States is poised to take a powerful economic hit from climate change over the next century.