The Department of Insurance Organizations of the State of Oklahoma finds that the material damage from tornadoes, flown to a suburb of Oklahoma City on Monday to reach, and perhaps surpass $ 2 billion. At the moment, the Department filed 2,705 claims for damages on the insured property, but officials are confident that this figure will grow.
To a record loss last year's Hurricane Sandy was approximately $ 25 billion, of course, far away. But it should be remembered that there it was a few states on the East Coast of the United States, and there disaster struck the small town with a population of only 55,000 people.
Tornado in Moore, recall, had a length of 27 kilometers and a width of 2. According to preliminary information, it claimed the lives of 24 people. The victims included many children.
There are fears that many of the residents of apartment buildings were not insured and therefore will not be able to get compensation. According to statistics, almost 98% owner of homes in America have insurance coverage, but among those who rent housing, the percentage is much lower - only about 70.
Bi-bi-si cites Loretta Vorters, vice-president of the Insurance Information Institute (III), that the U.S. is now experiencing "the most expensive period" in its history by natural disasters, including hurricanes and tornadoes. Over the past five years, insurance companies have paid to victims of hurricanes and tornadoes around 75 billion in damages.
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To a record loss last year's Hurricane Sandy was approximately $ 25 billion, of course, far away. But it should be remembered that there it was a few states on the East Coast of the United States, and there disaster struck the small town with a population of only 55,000 people.
Tornado in Moore, recall, had a length of 27 kilometers and a width of 2. According to preliminary information, it claimed the lives of 24 people. The victims included many children.
There are fears that many of the residents of apartment buildings were not insured and therefore will not be able to get compensation. According to statistics, almost 98% owner of homes in America have insurance coverage, but among those who rent housing, the percentage is much lower - only about 70.
Bi-bi-si cites Loretta Vorters, vice-president of the Insurance Information Institute (III), that the U.S. is now experiencing "the most expensive period" in its history by natural disasters, including hurricanes and tornadoes. Over the past five years, insurance companies have paid to victims of hurricanes and tornadoes around 75 billion in damages.
More Coverage
Recovering from a tornado in Oklahoma would cost a billion dollars
This is only a preliminary calculations
According to preliminary estimates of the insurance department of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, who suffered from the devastating tornado caused damage to the region could exceed a billion dollars (read more)
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Media: Deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma exceeded 8 times the Hiroshima
City of Moore, who took the main brunt almost razed to the ground
After the devastating tornado that struck the U.S. state of Oklahoma, local media curled that element in their destructive power has surpassed the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 (read more)
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