While unleashed forest fires continue to torment southern California, estimates of total economic loss have reached more than $ 250 billion, making it one of the most expensive natural disasters in American history.
The first estimates by Accuweather and JP Morgan put the damage in the fork of $ 50 billion, but the expected assessment quickly reached more triple this amount while fires spread in the districts of Altadena, of the Pacific Palisades and Malibu.
In the past two days, hundreds of las Firefighters fought against several fires In the hills around the counties of Los Angeles and Ventura, including a massive fire near Castaic, a fire early in the morning in the Col de Sépulveda which threatened the communities of Tony de Brentwood and Bel-Air, and another which pushed in the agricultural land of the county of Ventura on Thursday morning.
THE Last estimate The Accuweather weather forecast service provides total damage and economic losses between $ 250 and $ 275 billion. This includes damage costs, loss of life, health care, commercial disturbances and other economic impacts.
“These rapid and wind-moving hells have created one of the most expensive forest disasters in the history of the modern United States,” said the chief meteorologist of Accuweather Jonathan Porter in a statement. “Hurricaneous winds have sent flames that are tearing apart in neighborhoods filled with houses of several million dollars. The devastation left is heartbreaking, and the economic assessment is amazing. ”
Several fires have already burned thousands of acres in Los Angeles and around Los Angeles, moving more than 150,000 people who had to evacuate or lose their homes and damage or destroy more than 15,000 structures. The number of confirmed deaths is 28.
Burning palisades fires in an area from Santa Monica in Malibu have swept away some of the country's most expensive real estate, with median values of more than $ 2 million. It can become the worst forest fire in the modern history of California based on the number of structures burned and economic loss, said.
The estimated financial costs exceed the damage and figures for economic losses for the whole season of forest fires 2020, which was a very active American forest fire season, said Porter.
Insurance companies will only be part of the total estimated losses. Corelogic, a data and real estate analysis company, believes that Eaton palisades and fires will train $ 35 billion at $ 45 billion in insurance payments to owners and businesses.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 has been the most expensive American natural disaster to date, costing about 200 billion dollars.
