Damage from Hurricane Dorian will be between $25 billion and $40 billion, making it the most expensive hurricane in recent years, Bloomberg writes , citing a forecast by UBS Group analysts. The damage depends on how quickly Dorian reaches the so-called "space coast" of Florida, where NASA and the Air Force have spaceports and launch sites, as well as the sites of SpaceX, Blue Origin and other private companies.
- Dorian has already been called the most powerful hurricane of recent decades. He has the highest fifth category of danger, the wind speed reaches 320 km / h, reported . the US National Center
- In the Bahamas alone, 73,000 people and 21,000 homes are at risk. During the hurricane in the north of the islands, all hotels and many shops were closed.
- There are huge queues at stores in the Bahamas and gas stations are running out of gas as authorities have advised residents to brace for the worst. "Dorian" almost stopped in the area of the islands: the speed of the vortex does not exceed 2 km/h.
- The most costly natural disaster in US history was Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Damage amounted to $ 108 billion: the hurricane flooded New Orleans.
- Read more about how the United States was preparing for the arrival of "Dorian", we told here .