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Weather Disasters/Anomalies • Higher Sea Surface temperature will cause more
intense hurricanes and typhoons
Floods • Droughts
Excessive heat Munich Re - one of world's largest insurers issued statement Sept
2010: – 2010 has been the warmest year since records began over 130 years
ago, the ten warmest during that period all falling within the last 12
years - Overall losses due to weather-related natural catastrophes from January
to September came to more than US$ 65bn "large number of weather extremes as strong indication of climate
change."
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