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New abnormal: Climate disaster damage 'down' to $268 billion

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This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered famine in Africa and deadly heat waves all over.

Yet this wasn’t climate change at its worst.

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Homes are surrounded by floodwaters on Aug. 30 in Sohbat Pur city, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province. This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered famine in Africa and deadly heat waves all over. 

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A firefighter extinguishes flames on July 22 as the Oak Fire crosses Darrah Rd. in Mariposa County, Calif.

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Mari Carmen Zambrano poses for a photo on her broken and wet bed as she dries it outside her home that lost its roof to Hurricane Ian on Oct. 5 in La Coloma, in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba.





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