The cost of property damage in the region was put at more than $100 billion (60 billion).

For example, there will be different time limits for breach of contract, fraud, breach of warranty, and property damage.

When it was over, 43 lives and $50 million in property damage had been the cost.

There were 540 cases of 'significant property damage' - damage costing more than $1,000 (680) - reported last year.

Any property damage claims, she said, must be made by the end of this year.