Natural Disasters frequency and costs from 1980 to 2010
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The frequency and the costs of natural disaster, which are linked to the climate change are constantly increasing (storms, extreme temperature, droughts, floods...) . The global loss reached 375 billion dollars in 2011, which equals about 0.5% of the global world product.
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328474.200-last-year-costliest-on-record-for-natural-disasters.html