Top 10 climate disasters all cost over $1.5 billion in damage
A new report highlights the ten most financially devastating climate events of 2021, from hurricanes in the U.S., China and India to floods in Australia, Europe and Canada. The report, Counting the cost 2021: A year of climate breakdown, by the Christian Aid, examines five events that while carrying a lower financial cost, brought devastating human impacts, such as drought in Africa and Latin America and floods in South Sudan.
The top ten most expensive events financially all cost over 1.5 billion dollars of damage with Hurricane Ida in the U.S., topping the list at $65 billion. The floods in Europe came second at $43 billion. 2021's most costly weather events include: