Most expensive climate disasters of 2025

Primarily based on loss estimates published regularly by insurance company Aon, complemented in some cases from other sources.

The cost figures presented can exclude other forms of losses that are difficult to quantify, such as damages to livelihoods, lost income, long-term damage to the environment, and permanent displacement of residents. As a result, the true toll of disasters is almost certainly far higher than the insured losses suggested.
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