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south carolina continue to recovery from rains wind and cataclysmic flooding. ian slammed into south carolina just shy of category 5. the current death toll of at least 45 people likely to come in the days as search and rescue cruise go through blocked floodwaters, as of this morning, 1.3 million homes and businesses still in the dark. according to the latest estimate ian may have caused as much as $47 billion in insured losses which could make it the most expensive storm in the state history. the figure comes from core logic, that s a research firm that estimates losses from natural disasters. the estimates, combined ensured losses through private insurance, which typically covers wind damage. and fema s national flood insurance program that covers water damage. their estimates as of thursday, wind damage, $20 billion to $32 billion. flood damage, $6 billion to $16 billion. so the low end of the combined estimate would be $28 billion. before we spend, let s ask ourselv ....
Representatives to be vacant. Its great to be with a bunch of people talking smack about tom brady. Good morning and welcome to sunday today on this mothers day, may 12th. Im willie geist. A very happy mothers day to all of you moms out there. This morning the Israeli Military is warning palestinians to evacuate parts of rafah, a city in Southern Gaza, where many of them have fled during the last seven months of war. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu saying his troops will continue the effort there to root out Hamas Terrorists who carried out the attacks of october 7th. A decision that has caused a rift with the United States and a threat thi ....
Relying on renewable energy, on green energy. in general, that was a positive thing that that community decided to do. that s a lesson to be learned here. it s that we can be better. we can improve, it might not matter to the individual that wasn t hit by hurricane ian. but it might matter to that next person when the next hurricane comes along. dr. strader, stick around for a second. here comes some social media, maybe i ll call on you, kathryn, put it up on the screen. the problem is defining disaster prone. repeated wildfires, tornado alley, coasts, they re all disaster prone. we do need to stop building on land, barrier islands that is not meant to be bit on. i guess my question for you, dr. strader, do you distinguish between those tornado-prone area, versus a hurricane-prone area, versus a wildfire area, or do you see them all the same? you can distinguish between them. one thing that we ve learned, ....
San sanibel. of course, this is horrible and so sad and so many people s lives have been just been disrupted. but is it surprising anymore? and this is not just about hurricanes. the same holds for california wildfire regions or tornado alley. should we still be rushing to rebuild in the same place every time it happens. especially where climate change is believed to be responsible for making our weather more extreme. i want to know what you think. go to my website at so smerconish.com and answer should we rebuild in disaster-prone areas joining me is steven strader, professor at villanova university, on environment. he wrote this piece for cnn.com, the hurricane problem in florida could have been avoided. dr. strader, thank you for being here, how could it have been al avoided? well, one of the things we ve ....