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the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewod NJ, AccuWeather Founder and CEO Dr. Joel N. Myers today announced AccuWeather has increased its estimate of total damage and economic loss from Hurricane Ida from $70-80 billion, which AccuWeather issued on Monday, to about $95 billion or one-half of a percent of the national gross domestic product, meaning Ida will cause a notable negative impact on the U.S. economy for the third and fourth quarter.