Source: Aon Benfield’s 2017 Annual Report: Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight
2017’s Costliest and Deadliest Catastrophes
10
DATES
Summer and Autumn
0
deaths
$6.6
Drought, Southern Europe
DATES
May 8 - 11
0
deaths
$3.0
billion
Severe Weather, United States
9
DATES
August 23 - 25
22
deaths
$3.5
billion
Typhoon Hato, China
8
DATES
July
37
deaths
$4.5
billion
Flooding, China
7
billion
4
DATES
Summer
116
deaths
$7.5
billion
Flooding, China
5
DATES
Aug. 25 - Sept. 2
90
deaths
$100
billion
Hurricane Harvey, United States
6
DATES
October
43
deaths
$13
billion
Wildfires, United States
3
DATES
September 4 - 12
134
$55
billion
billion
Hurricane Irma, United States, Caribbean Islands
2
DATES
September 18 - 22
100+
deaths
deaths
$65
billion
Hurricane Maria, Caribbean Islands
DATES
September 19
1
370
deaths
$4.5
billion
Earthquake, Mexico
6
DATES
Summer and Autumn
0
deaths
$6.6
Drought, Southern Europe
DATES
May 8 - 11
0
deaths
$3.0
billion
Severe Weather, United States
10
DATES
August 23 - 25
22
deaths
$3.5
billion
Typhoon Hato, China
9
DATES
July
37
deaths
$4.5
billion
Flooding, China
8
7
DATES
September 19
370
deaths
$4.5
billion
Earthquake, Mexico
billion
5
DATES
Summer
116
deaths
$7.5
billion
Flooding, China
4
DATES
October
43
deaths
$13
billion
Wildfires, United States
3
DATES
September 4 - 12
134
deaths
$55
billion
Hurricane Irma, United States, Caribbean Islands
2
DATES
September 18 - 22
100+
deaths
$65
billion
Hurricane Maria, Caribbean Islands
DATES
Aug. 25 - Sept. 2
1
90
deaths
$100
billion
Hurricane Harvey, United States
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