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In the United States, hurricanes have been causing more and more economic damage. A reanalysis of the disaster database using a statistical method that accounts for improvements in resilience opens the possibility that climate change has played a role.

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Figure 1: Hurricane Sandy.

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  1. Stéphane Hallegatte is in the Climate Change Policy Team at the World Bank, Mail Stop MC4-409, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA,

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Hallegatte, S. Unattributed hurricane damage. Nature Geosci 8, 819–820 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2576

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