Storms Sally and Beta added to human and financial loss from natural hazard events
The report reveals that significant wildfires continued to burn across parts of
Meanwhile, Hurricane Sally came ashore near
Tropical Storm Beta made landfall along the southern end of the
Further natural hazard events to have occurred in September include:
- Seasonal monsoon flooding persisted in
China , as officials noted that flooding in some parts of the country was the worst since 1998. According toChina's Ministry of Emergency Management , at least 278 people were killed, and more than 1.4 million houses were damaged or destroyed since the arrival of Mei-yu rains inChina this year. Total combined economic losses were likely to exceedCNY220 billion ($32 billion ). - Medicane Ianos brought rough seas, damaging winds and flooding rainfall to western and southern regions of
Greece betweenSeptember 17-20 . The most significant impacts occurred in portions of the Ionian Islands and Thessaly. Economic impacts were expected to exceed$100 million . - Hurricane Nana made landfall along the coast of
Belize onSeptember 3 , bringing flooding rains to portions ofBelize ,Honduras ,Guatemala and southernMexico . Notable crop damage occurred inBelize , and total combined economic losses were estimated in the tens of millions of dollars. - Typhoon Maysak made landfall in
South Korea onSeptember 3 , causing notable damage to nearly 2,000 facilities and 5,000 hectares (12,500 acres). The storm later affected the eastern parts ofNorth Korea ,China andRussia , causing at least 30 additional casualties and damage to 9,200 houses. A few days later, Typhoon Haishen came ashore near the coastal city ofUlsan, South Korea , with 160 kph (100 mph) winds. Around 10,000 combined houses were damaged or destroyed. Economic losses from each of the storms were anticipated to surpass$100 million . - Persistent, heavy downpours caused continued flooding in
Sudan , with Blue Nile state the hardest-hit. According to theUnited Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and governmental agencies, there had been at least 120 fatalities since the unprecedented flooding began, and more than 172,000 houses damaged or destroyed.
To view the full Impact Forecasting
http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/documents/20200810_analytics-if-september-global-recap.pdf
Along with the report, users can access current and historical natural catastrophe data and event analysis on Impact Forecasting's Catastrophe Insight website, which is updated bi-monthly as new data become available:
http://catastropheinsight.aon.com
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