https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7ed89/climate-change-added-dollar81-billion-to-hurricane-sandys-economic-damage-study-finds

Humans have always been at the mercy of extreme weather events, such as storms, heatwaves, and floods. However, there is no doubt that the climate crisis, a phenomenon driven by human activity, is amplifying many of these natural disasters and adding to their social, economic, and environmental costs. 

Now, a team of researchers has estimated just how much human-related climate changes can cost societies by spotlighting Hurricane Sandy, a 2012 storm that devastated communities along the Atlantic coastline, as a model.