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An aerial view shows street flooding in Gulf Shores, Ala., after Hurricane Sally passed through the area on Thursday.An aerial view shows street flooding in Gulf Shores, Ala., after Hurricane Sally passed through the area on Thursday.There have been so many tropical storms this year that the National Hurricane Center has already made it through the alphabet to name the storms. The last storm name started with"W" . Now, storms will be named using the Greek alphabet.
In the last five years, the United States has lost $500 billion because of climate driven weather disasters, including storms and fires. That estimate by the federal government doesn't even include the storms that have hit the Southern coasts in 2020.
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