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Hurricane Irene Sets Record for Most Expensive Disaster Year

With Hurricane Irene expected to cost $13 billion, the U.S. has set a new record for the most billion-dollar weather-related disasters in a year. Scientist Heidi Cullen on why we should expect to pay more for weather going forward.

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Mother Nature has plans to stir up more trouble over this Labor Day weekend. Hurricane Katia continues to churn across the Atlantic while something that looks suspiciously like a nascent tropical storm brews off the coast of Cuba.

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