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U.S. Hit with 90% of the World’s Disaster Costs in 2012
Posted by ClimateWire: Evan Lehmann on January 7th, 2013
ClimateWire: The United States led the world in disaster losses last year as a massive drought seared Midwestern crops in the field and as superstorm-driven waves wreaked havoc and blackouts along the East Coast. They added up to one of the most expensive weather damage years on record.
Nearly all the world's economic damage from storms, drought, fire and earthquakes was centered in the United States as it experienced the highest temperatures ever recorded, according to Munich Re, a global reinsurance company....
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Australian wildfires continue to rage across Tasmania
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 7th, 2013
Reuters: Australian authorities search burnt-out homes for bodies in areas worst hit by wildfires on the island of Tasmania on Sunday. More than 40 fires continued to rage amid a heatwave and strong winds. The wildfires began on Thursday on the thinly populated south-eastern coast and have also hit mainland states