'Disastrous extremes': Christian Aid catalogues $145bn cost of 2020 weather disasters

Cecilia Keating
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Most costly floods, windstorms, tropical cyclones and fires in 2020 killed thousands of people across the globe and displaced millions, charity finds

The world's 10 most expensive climate-related weather disasters in 2020 together cost more than $145bn in uninsured losses and disrupted the lives of millions of people, according to Christian Aid...

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