Top of the Hour: Natural Disasters Cost US 32 Billion This Year, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

Though we’re only halfway through 2011, natural disasters have already caused $32 billion in damages to the United States. The Suris River crested in Minot, North Dakota over the weekend, leaving 4,000 homes underwater. Meanwhile, firefighters in Arizona are finally containing wildfires that have been ravaging the land there for weeks, and thousands of residents are returning home.

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