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Marsh launches Flood Risk Index, Indonesia,Brazil,India,Russia and Mexico most vunerable
Over 2.2 billion people are exposed to flooding globally.1 Since 1980, over 4,500 flood disasters resulted in over $1 trillion in damages, accounting for 40% of natural catastrophe losses globally.
The five G20 countries with the largest shares of population and economic assets exposed to flooding are:China,India,Argentina,Russia,Germany
In the event of flooding, the five G20 countries where people and economic assets are most vulnerable to harm are:Indonesia,Brazil,India,Russia,Mexico
Weather disasters becoming more frequent and costly, UN agency says
“Thanks to our early warning service improvement we have been able to have a decrease of the casualties at these kind of events, but the bad news is that the economic losses have been growing very rapidly and this growth is supposed to continue,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas told a press conference.
“We are going to see more climatic extreme because of climate change and this negative trend in climate will continue for the coming decades,” he said.
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