Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110523:13:37:00
Be big. the national atmospheric and oceanic administration says the price tag can end up varying widely depending how severe the storm is and where it hits. joplin is a very densely populated area, which usually means higher costs. it's been a terrible year for severe weather. we've seen a record-setting number of storms, five severe weather outbreaks just in april. insurance company eon says damage is estimated to be $4 billion in insured losses. we haven't seen insured losses in april in that high in at least five years, and this doesn't even count what happened in joplin yesterday. of cour...