New abnormal: Climate disaster damage ‘down’ to $268 billion

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Cars submerged in floodwater

New abnormal: Climate disaster damage ‘down’ to $268 billion

Cars submerged in floodwater

This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered famine in Africa and deadly heat waves all over.

Yet this wasn’t climate change at its worst.

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