Catastrophes naturelles : une facture de 140 milliards de dollars l’an dernier. 'Many events, fewer disaster losses' in 2013 reports Aon European Risk Insurance Management News Commercial Risk Europe. Thursday, 16 January 2014 By Ben NorrisEmail Author Insured losses from natural disasters totalled $45bn in 2013, 22% below the ten-year average of $58bn, according to Aon Benfield figures.
Although the broker's loss figures are higher than recent estimates from other market observers, they still reflect a benign US hurricane season and tell the story of higher than usual losses in Europe and Asia where flooding was a major contributory factor. Flooding in Germany In fact, according to Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting's Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe report, flood represented 35% of global economic losses last year.
This is the highest percentage since 2010. The broker's report finds that total economic losses in 2013 reached $192bn, 4% below the ten-year average of £200bn. This was despite the fact the year recorded 296 separate natural disaster events, 37 above the average of 259. Hurricane Sandy Six Months Later—By the Numbers. Six months later, the cleanup from Hurricane Sandy is still a work in progress.
The Storm that caused some $50 billion in damage and killed 159 people has not been forgotten by those along the east coast. The following is a snapshot of Hurricane Sandy by the numbers. From the Property Casualty Insurers of America: The following is a list of allocated funds by the Department of Interior. The complete list of approved projects can be viewed here. $42.35 million: The amount New Jersey will receive from the Department of Interior. For a look at how the property/casualty industry was affected by Sandy, we turn to the Insurance Information Institute for this chart illustrating the p/c industry net income for fourth quarters from 2007-20012.
The National Hurricane Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency supplied these Hurricane Sandy funding numbers. $1.4 billion: The amount the Small Business Administration has loaned to homeowners, renters and businesses in New York. Extreme weather and natural disasters of 2012 - CBCNews.ca. Timeline: World rocked by deadly storms, violent eruptions – even thousands of spiders CBC News | Last Updated: Dec. 19, 2012 Snow in South Africa, winter golf in Winnipeg, massive floods in the Philippines – wild weather struck all corners of the Earth this past year.
These are some of the most striking examples. Charting weather disasters. Sandy was a painful reminder of extreme weather events becoming more frequent all over the world.
Our September issue featured a story on the topic with this original chart by Senior Graphics Editor John Tomanio (click on it for a detailed view): The chart shows all weather events since 1980 that caused at least one billion dollars in damages. We chose to measure all events in terms of economic damage to have comparable data for very different events, which are color coded by type (drought, flood, etc). The events are represented by half circles, an unusual chart type seen more often in election charts. I anticipate professor Alberto Cairo (see his terrific blog The Functional Art here) may not be thrilled with it!.
The half circle format provides a common baseline to all events in each year, a terrific idea John had when full circles proved to look too disorganized in the page. Natural disasters: Counting the cost of calamities. 42 millions de déplacés climatiques en deux ans en Asie-Pacifique. Warns against ignoring seismic threats as quakes wreak havoc for second year. Japan earthquake & tsunami damage March 2011 302 human impact disasters claimed 29,782 lives; affected 206 million and inflicted record economic damages of $366 billion in 2011 Geneva, 18 January 2012 – For two consecutive years the long-term disasters trend has been bucked by major earthquakes which claimed thousands of lives and affected millions in both 2010 and 2011, according to new statistics published today by CRED and the UN office for disaster risk reduction, UNISDR.
UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlström, said today: “The Great East Japan Earthquake and the accompanying tsunami is a reminder to us all that we cannot afford to ignore the lessons of history no matter how forgotten. The many major cities located in seismic zones need to take seriously the probability of return events even if many years have passed since the last seismic event of major magnitude. Prof. Other major causes of disaster deaths last year were floods, 5,202, and storms, 3,076. Prof. Catastrophes naturelles : record de pertes économiques en 2011. Séismes, tsunami, ouragans ou encore inondations.
Les pertes économiques consécutives à des catastrophes naturelles ont atteint un niveau record l'an passé, à hauteur de 366 milliards de dollars (286 milliards d'euros), estime l'ONU dans sa dernière étude annuelle sur le sujet publiée mercredi 18 janvier. En 2011, l'ONU a enregistré 302 catastrophes naturelles, qui ont provoqué la mort de 29 782 personnes, affecté quelque 260 millions d'êtres humains et infligé des coûts économiques records. Le séisme qui a frappé le Japon le 11 mars représente la plus grande part (210 milliards de dollars) des pertes économiques essuyées cette année. "Le grand tremblement de terre au Japon et le tsunami qui a suivi nous rappelle à tous que nous ne pouvons pas ignorer les leçons de l'histoire, a déclaré la directrice de la stratégie internationale de prévention des catastrophes des Nations unies (UNISDR), Margareta Wahlström.
Les séismes ont coûté 226 milliards de dollars en 2011. Bilan annuel de l'ONU sur les catastrophes naturelles dans le monde en 2011.