10m trees to be planted in US to replace ones destroyed by hurricanes

Some costs of the recently ended supercharged 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, those that can be quantified at least, are astounding. A succession of storms that ravaged large areas of the US killed at least 375 people, the most in the mainland US since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Some estimates pegged damage and economic loss at $500bn. Another eye-catching figure is 10m, which is the number of trees the non-profit Arbor Day Foundation (ADF) is planning to plant in six of the worst-hit states over the next four years to replace those destroyed by the major hurricanes Beryl, Debby, Helene and

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