Tracking Harvey’s toll: ‘This is the costliest and worst natural disaster in American history’

OVERALL COST AccuWeather is out with the highest estimate yet of Harvey’s potential price tag. The weather forecasting service now expects damage to reach $190 billion, or a full 1 percent of U.S. economic output. “This is the costliest and worst natural disaster in American history,” said Joel Myers, Accuweather’s founder, president and chairman. “Business leaders…