Natural Disasters Caused $160 Billion in Damage in 2018

ENN
Jan 9, 2019, 3:26 pm18 pts
Natural disasters caused $160 billion in economic damage worldwide in 2018, dominated by costly wildfires in California and tropical storms in the United States and Asia, according to a new report from the reinsurance giant Munich Re. California’s Camp and Woolsey fires alone caused losses of $21.7 billion,…

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