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Climate change: Extreme weather causes huge losses in 2020
Source: BBC News, Date: , 2020
The
world continued to pay a very high price for extreme weather in 2020, according
to a report from the charity Christian Aid.Against
a backdrop of climate change, its study lists 10 events that saw thousands of
lives lost and major insurance costs.?Six
of the events took place in Asia, with floods in China and India causing
damages of more than $40bn.In
the US, record hurricanes and wildfires caused some $60bn in losses.2021
will be cooler but still in top six warmest?Have
countries kept their climate change promises?Warmer
winters linked to increased drowning risk .While
the world has been struggling to get to grips with the coronavirus pandemic,
millions of people have also had to cope with the impacts of extreme weather
events.Christian
Aid's list of ten storms, floods and fires all cost at least $1.5bn - with nine
of the 10 costing at least $5bn.?An
unusually rainy monsoon season was associated with some of the most damaging
storms in Asia, where some of the biggest losses were. Over a period of months,
heavy flooding in India saw more than 2,000 deaths with millions of people
displaced from their homes.
The
value of the insured losses is estimated at $10bn.?China
suffered even greater financial damage from flooding, running to around $32bn
between June and October this year. The loss of life from these events was much
smaller than in India.While
these were slow-moving disasters, some events did enormous damage in a short
period of time.Cyclone
Amphan struck the Bay of Bengal in May and caused losses estimated at $13bn in
just a few days. Read more at:Climate change: Extreme weather causes huge losses in 2020
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