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Topic: 138b

disaster losses hit 138b 2012

March 15, 2013

Disaster losses hit $138b in 2012: UN

GENEVA - Global losses from natural disasters hit $138 billion in 2012, with half the sum claimed by drought and Hurricane Sandy in the United States, the UN said Thursday. Hurricane Sandy, which lashed the US east coast in October, caused some $50 billion of the losses recorded in 2012, the ...

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