It already has:
The vicious system that killed at least 22 people and injured at least 130 in [North Carolina] also damaged or destroyed at least 800 homes and left thousands facing the possibility of another night in the dark.
In Bertie County, officials estimated property damage at $2.5 million, not including infrastructure damage and the loss of cropland.
Damages to buildings in Wake County alone were estimated at between $65 million and $100 million.
If 22 doesn't sound like a lot, valuing the lives lost at the EPA's $7 million yields $154 million. Two more deaths were added today.
