Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2019 Annual Report

News:Aon, a leading global professional services firm has released its Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight:2019 Annual Report. 

Facts:

About the report:

• The report evaluates the impact of global natural disaster events to identify trends, manage volatility and enhance resilience. 

Key takeaways from the report:

Report on Global data:

• Global economy suffered a loss of $232 billion due to natural disasters in 2019 which is eighth-costliest in terms of weather-related disasters adjusting for inflation.
• The total count of natural disasters has increased to 409 in 2019 from 394 a year ago.
• Typhoons in Japan and monsoon floods in China hit the hardest causing losses of $30 billion and $15 billion respectively.

Report on India:

• Cyclone Fani which affected Odisha in India and Bangladesh was the tenth-most costly natural disaster in the world.
• The June-October monsoon floods in India caused a loss of $10 billion to be the seventh- costliest.This also led to the death of 1,750 people, the most among all natural disasters last year.