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‘Climate change caused 15 disasters this year’
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- At least 15 natural disasters linked to climate change this year caused damage of over $1 billion each and seven of them cost at least $10 billion, said a British charity Christian Aid.
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- Other Highlights by the British charity Christian Aid:
(1) 2nd Hottest year: 2019 is set to be the second hottest year in history and each of the disasters in the report has a link with climate change.
(2) Destructioon all over: From Southern Africa to North America and from Australia and Asia to Europe, floods, storms and fires brought chaos and destruction.
(3) mAssembling the report from official figures, estimates by NGOs and aid bodies, scientific studies and media reports, the charity said the disasters displaced millions and caused widespread deaths.
(a) These included the floods that ravaged north India, typhoon Lekima in China, Hurricane Dorian in the U.S., floods in China, floods in the Midwest and southern U.S., typhoon Hagibis in Japan and the California wildfires, the costliest tragedy at $25 billion.
(b) The majority of deaths were caused by just two events, in India and southern Africa, which called it “a reflection of how the world’s poorest people pay the heaviest price for the consequences of climate change.
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The Hindu