“We believe the damage estimate from Irma to be about $100 billion, among the costliest hurricanes of all time. This amounts to 0.5 of a percentage point of the GDP of $19 trillion. We estimated that Hurricane Harvey is to be the costliest weather disaster in U.S. history at $190 billion or one full percentage point of the GDP. Together, AccuWeather predicts these two disasters amount to 1.5 of a percentage point of the GDP, which will about equal and therefore counter the natural growth of the economy for the period of mid-August through the end of the fourth quarter.”

　　“飓风Irma造成的损失将达1000亿美元，使其成为历史上破坏损失最惨重的飓风之一。该损失占美国19万亿GDP的0.5%。我们估计飓风Harvey是美国历史上损失最大的天气灾害，达到1900亿美元，占GDP的1%。两次飓风损失相加，AccuWeather公司预计损失将达GDP的1.5%，这意味着抵消了美国8月中到年底的自然经济增长。”

　　——美国两个飓风相继登陆造成重大损失后，AccuWeather公司对飓风的损失进行了估计，并给出的结果。该公司的创建者和总裁JoelN.Myers博士介绍了估计结果。