Heaviest insurance losses from natural disasters in 2004

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Hurricane Ivan (2.9.2004). Damage estimated at USD 11 billion, 124 dead. USA and Caribbean.
     
Hurricane Charley (11.8.), USD 8 billion, 24 dead. USA and Caribbean.
     
Hurricane Frances (26.8.), USD 5 billion, 38 dead. USA, Bahama Is.
     
South-East Asian Tsunami (26.12.), c. USD 5 billion, estimated 280,000 dead. Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and Indian Ocean.
     
Hurricane Jeanne (13.9.), USD 4 billion, 3,034 dead. USA and Caribbean.
     
Typhoon Songda (6.9.), USD 3.6 billion, 45 dead. Japan and South Korea.
     
Typhoon Tokage (13.10.), USD 1.1 billion, 97 dead. Japan.
     
Typhoon Chaba (30.8.), USD 956 million, 17 dead. Japan, Philippines, Guam.
     
Tornadoes, floods (21.5.), USD 805 million, 4 dead. USA.
     
Earthquake (23.10.), USD 598 million, 39 dead. Japan.
     
Finland experienced heavy flooding in 2004 in Ostrobothnia and in parts of Southern Finland. The government has estimated that compensation payments for flood damage will run to around EUR 6 million.
     
Helsingin Sanomat / First published in print 19.8.2005

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