Can you afford to evacuate ahead of a disaster?

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  NPR.

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  We are just at the start of hurricane season and already we're seeing the danger in tragedy storms can cause.

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  Flash floods in Texas have killed at least 107 people with many more still missing.

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  Storms can also destroy people's homes and livelihoods.

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  Take Hurricane Helene.

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  That's a storm that slammed the southeast, especially North Carolina last year.

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  That storm alone caused nearly $80 billion in damages.

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  There's also another cost that comes that gets a lot less attention.

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  A gamble that anyone in the path of a storm has to make.

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  And that's whether or not to evacuate.

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  Evacuating can cost someone hundreds, and in many cases, thousands of dollars.

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  And the bad news?

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  That cost is only getting more expensive.

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  This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Waylon Wong, and I'm here with friend of the show, Stephen Besaha from the Gulf States Newsroom.

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  Welcome back, Stephen.

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  Always good to be with you, Waylon.

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  And you know, we are actually just at the start of hurricane season.

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  So on today's show,

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  I'll bring you my conversation with an accountant who had to evacuate last fall to avoid Hurricane Francine.

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