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Flooding 2013. Floods Top 2013 World Disaster Bill So Far Jul 10, 2013 11:30 AM ET // by AFP Discovery news.
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Floods Top 2013 World Disaster Bill So FarJul 10, 2013 11:30 AM ET // by AFP Discovery news • Floods that caused billions of dollars in losses were the world's most expensive natural disasters so far this year, with central Europe being hit hardest, re-insurers Munich Re said on Tuesday.
Altogether, natural catastrophes -- also including earthquakes, tornadoes and heat waves -- caused $45 billion in losses in the first half of 2013. • This is equivalent to all the money that the whole of Costa Rica makes in 1 year.
The deadliest disaster out of 460 recorded "natural hazard events" worldwide was a series of flash floods in northern India and Nepal that killed more than 1,000 people in June after early and exceptionally heavy monsoon rains.
By far the most expensive natural disaster was the river flooding that hit southern and eastern Germany and neighboring countries in May and June, causing more than $16 billion in damage, most of it in Germany.