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Texas dilemma an example of cost of climate change

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Flooded homes in Texas after Hurricane Ike in 2008.

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WASHINGTON - They call it the "Ike Dike" - named after Hurricane Ike that laid waste to the Texas coast in 2008, killing 74 people in the state and more in Haiti, and causing more than US$30 billion (S$42 billion) in damage.
One could just as well call it the cost of climate change.
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