The 10 most expensive storms, floods and droughts in 2022 *each* cost the world at least $3 billion 👀 Hurricane Ian had the biggest financial impact of $100 billion when it hit the US and Cuba in September.
The 10 most expensive storms, floods and droughts in 2022 each cost at least three billion US dollars in a ‘devastating’ year on the frontline of climate change.
They include floods in Malaysia, Brazil and West Africa, long-running drought in the Horn of Africa, heatwaves in India and Pakistan, the Arctic and Antarctica, wildfire in Chile, storms in south-east Africa and Philippines and a tropical cyclone in Bangladesh. Floods in Australia in February to March led to 27 deaths and in South Africa in April, 459 people died in flooding, while both events displaced tens of thousands of people and cost billions.The 10 most expensive climate-related disasters in 2022The top 10 climate-related disasters over the last year, in terms of insured losses, according to the report, included:
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