List of weather disasters of 2018 with a loss of more than one billion US dollars

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This list of weather disasters of 2018 with a loss of more than one billion US dollars names 39  natural disasters for which the international insurance consultancy Aon Benfield has determined a loss of more than one billion US dollars and where the weather was the cause of the damage. This is the fourth highest number since these constellations began in 1990; On average, 25 natural disasters occurred annually during this period, causing damage of more than one billion US dollars. Out of 39 weather disasters, seven are drought- related , more than ever, and six are forest fires . Seven were severe weather events such as hail , tornado and storm (excluding tropical cyclones), three are floods after extensive rainfall and eight are the consequences of tropical cyclones. There are also four onset of winter and cold waves. According to these calculations, the total economic damage of all 394 significant natural disasters from 2018 amounts to 225 billion US dollars, and it is 33% above the average from 1980 to 2017. Most of that - 215 billion US dollars - was caused by weather disasters , significantly less than the previous high of $ 344 billion in 2005.

Sixteen of these weather disasters occurred in the United States , seven in the People's Republic of China , and five in Europe.

The number of people killed in natural disasters was around 10,300 in 2018, significantly lower than the long-term average (2000-2018) of 64,600 deaths. The weather disaster with the most direct deaths was the 2018 monsoon floods in India, which killed 1,424 people, including more than 500 in the state of Kerala alone .

rank event area Period Damage amount in
billion USD 		Number of victims
1 Hurricane Michael Southeast United States 10-12 October 17th 32
2 Hurricane Florence Southeast and Central Atlantic States of the United States 14.-19. September 15th 53
3 Camp Fire California, United States 8-25 November 15th 86
4th Typhoon Jebi Japan 4th to 5th September 13 17th
5 Floods Japan 5th-8th July 10 246
6th Drought and heat in Europe 2018 Northern and Central Europe May 1–31. August 9 0
7th Typhoon Mangkhut Philippines, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China 15-18 September 6th 161
8th Woolsey Fire California, United States 8-21 November 5.8 3
9 Floods People's Republic of China July 1–30. September 5.8 89
10 Tropical storm Rumbia People's Republic of China 16.-18. August 5.4 53
11 Floods India 7-20 August 5.5 500
12 storm Italy, Austria October 28th – 4th November 5 29
13 Typhoon Trami Japan September 28–2. October 4.5 4th
14th drought Argentina and Uruguay January 1 to December 31 March 3.9 0
15th drought India June 1–30. November 3.65 0
16 drought People's Republic of China June 1–31. October 3.55 0
17th Winter weather People's Republic of China 2nd-18th April 3.4 0
18th drought entire United States all year round 3.2 0
19th Storm Friederike Western and Central Europe January 18th 2.5 13
20th storm Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States 17.-21. June 2.3 3
21st Nor'easter March 1-3, 2018 (“Riley”) Northeast United States, Canada 1st - 3rd March 2.3 9
22nd Floods South China, Vietnam July 1–30. September 2 38
23 Carr Fire United States West Coast 1. – 31. August 1.8 8th
24 Floods People's Republic of China May 7th – 10th July 1.75 112
25th Winter weather Europe February 23–2. March 1.6 88
26th Typhoon Mekunu Oman, Saudi Arabia 1.5 31
27 storm Great Plains, Southeast and Northeast United States 18.-21. June 1.5 0
29 storm Great Plains, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States 18.-22. July 1.5 18th
29 storm Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, Midwest, Northeastern United States 12-16 May 1.45 5
30th Winter weather People's Republic of China 24.-29. January 1.45 2
31 storm Great Plains, Midwestern United States April 28–5. May 1.4 0
32 storm Great Plains, Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast United States 13-17 April 1.3 6th
33 storm Great Plains, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States 3rd-7th June 1.3 0
34 drought South Africa January 1 to December 31 May 1.2 0
35 January 2018 North America Blizzard (“Grayson”) Central and Eastern States of the United States 3rd to 5th January 1.1 22nd
36 Storm lows Ingmar and Burglind (Eleanor and Carmen) Western and Central Europe 1st - 4th January 1.1 7th
37 drought Australia January 1–1. August 1 0
38 storm Rocky Montains, Great Plains of the United States 6-8 August 1 0
39 Cyclone Luban Yemen October 14th 1 24

Remarks

  1. ↑ Munich Re puts the total economic damage from all natural disasters in 2018 at 160 billion US dollars, slightly more than the long-term average of 140 billion US dollars; Tropical storms accounted for 57 billion or 36% of this.

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