Dr. Lea-Rachel Kosnik, Professor & Department Chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, joins Megan Lynch. A federal database that tracked the cost of extreme weather is back up and running under a nonprofit group.

Climate Central says disasters across the U-S caused more than $100 billion in damage in the first six months of the year. It's the most expensive start to any year on record. She says, 'we're still building homes', in areas where severe weather events occur.