Thailand, U.S. Had Biggest Losses From Weather in 2011
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The U.S. and Thailand suffered the most economic damage from extreme weather events in 2011, the Berlin-based research group Germanwatch said.
Thailand and the U.S. both endured about $75 billion of damage from storms, floods, landslides and wildfires in 2011, the group said in a report today released in Doha, where two weeks of United Nations climate talks began yesterday. China’s damages totaled almost $13 billion. Pakistan was fourth in the ranking with $5.8 billion and Brazil fifth with $4.7 billion.