Floods top 2013 world disaster bill so far: Munich Re
Altogether, natural catastrophes -- also including earthquakes, tornados and heat waves -- caused $45 billion (35 billion euros) in losses in the first half of 2013, well below the 10-year average of $85 billion.
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"The central states of the USA have the highest tornado risk in the world," said Hoeppe. "Altogether, however, the US tornado season has been below average so far: by the end of June, 625 tornadoes had occurred, compared with the longer-term average of 1,075."
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CO2 induced?? This is still conjecture. As soon as CO2 gets blamed for anything other than the greening of the desert areas of the planet, these alarmists lose credibility. Their proof? A controlled experiment in an aquarium with elevated CO2 levels. For starters, the earth and it's atmosphere is not an aquarium. Their whole premise that CO2 causes global warming is just plain wrong!!
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