| World Natural Disaster Events Ranked by Number Of Perils and Insured Losses, 2020 (1) |
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| Rank |
Peril |
Number of events |
Rank |
Peril |
Insured loss (US$ billions) |
| 1 |
Flooding |
155 |
1 |
Severe weather (2) |
$42 |
| 2 |
Severe weather (2) |
118 |
2 |
Tropical cyclone |
25 |
| 3 |
Tropical cyclone |
45 |
3 |
Wildfire |
12 |
| 4 |
Wildfire |
28 |
4 |
Flooding |
9 |
| 5 |
Winter weather |
23 |
5 |
European windstorm |
4 |
| 6 |
European windstorm |
21 |
6 |
Drought |
2 |
| 7 |
Earthquake |
18 |
7 |
Winter weather |
1 |
| 8 |
Drought |
6 |
8 |
Earthquake |
1 |
| 9 |
Other |
2 |
9 |
Other |
(3) |
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Total |
416 |
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Total |
$97 |
(1) Natural disasters that cause at least US$25 million in insured losses; or 10 deaths; or 50 people injured; or 2,000 filed claims or homes and structures damaged. As of January 2021.
(2) Includes severe convective storms such as thunderstorms, tornadoes and hailstorms, straight-line winds and flooding that could occur with these storms.
(3) Less than $1 billion.
Source: Aon. |
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