By Conor Dougherty of the Wall Street Journal (http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/08/28/economy-becoming-more-vulnerable-to-hurricanes/?mod=WSJBlog)Society has become better at coping with floods, fires and other disasters, yet the damage from hurricanes is generally worse now than in previous generations, according to an oft-cited 2005 paper (http://nordhaus.econ.yale.edu/documents/Nordhaus_Hurricanes_CCE_1_1.pdf) that has been updated with new data on the economic effects of hurricanes by Yale economics professor William Nordhaus. That's a troubling development, given that the number and intensity of hurricanes has risen in recent decades.More... (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/29/why-hurricanes-cause-more-damage_n_940159.html)
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