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It's hard to put a price on the lives, homes and irreplaceable historic sites that can be destroyed in natural disasters. But multibillion-dollar price tags can give you a sense of how much damage an earthquake or tsunami caused. Test your history knowledge and see if you know the financial impact of these disasters.The Guardian (U.K.) estimates the earthquake will cost China $150 billion to rebuild destroyed towns and rural areas.
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In addition to causing a transportation shutdown from Florida to New England, the Superstorm caused approximately $6 billion worth of damage according to Popular Mechanics.
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Iowa's s agriculture secretary said the lost crops could be worth up to $3 billion.
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According to the University of Arizona's Geosciences Department, Hurricane Andrew cost the U.S. more than $25 billion and destroyed about 600,000 homes and businesses.
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The bushfires will cost Australia more than $1.34 billion.
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BBC reported that the earthquake would cost Japan approximately $100 billion in repairs. The earthquake killed more than 6,400 people.
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The eruption's price tag is about $1 billion. The United States also picked up a new expense in additional volcano monitoring.
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The 2006 study showed that an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 would cost more than $120 billion. The study cites population increases and more expensive buildings as contributing to the cost of a potential earthquake.
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The World Bank and the U.N. estimated the damage to Aceh to be worth about $4.4 billion.
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The city is still being repaired, but Fox says the hurricane caused $96 billion worth of damage.
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