The most expensive flood disasters
The ranking shows the most expensive flood disasters from 1990 to 2005. The flooding of the Yangtze River in China in 1998 caused a damage of 30.700 million U.S. dollars.
The world's most expensive flood disasters by their damage sum from 1990 to 2005 in million U.S. dollars
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Munich Re. (March 31, 2005). The world's most expensive flood disasters by their damage sum from 1990 to 2005 in million U.S. dollars [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/264808/worlds-most-expensive-flood-disasters-from-1990-to-2005/
Munich Re. "The world's most expensive flood disasters by their damage sum from 1990 to 2005 in million U.S. dollars." Chart. March 31, 2005. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264808/worlds-most-expensive-flood-disasters-from-1990-to-2005/
Munich Re. (2005). The world's most expensive flood disasters by their damage sum from 1990 to 2005 in million U.S. dollars. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264808/worlds-most-expensive-flood-disasters-from-1990-to-2005/
Munich Re. "The World's Most Expensive Flood Disasters by Their Damage Sum from 1990 to 2005 in Million U.S. Dollars." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2005, https://www.statista.com/statistics/264808/worlds-most-expensive-flood-disasters-from-1990-to-2005/
Munich Re, The world's most expensive flood disasters by their damage sum from 1990 to 2005 in million U.S. dollars Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/264808/worlds-most-expensive-flood-disasters-from-1990-to-2005/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
The world's most expensive flood disasters by their damage sum from 1990 to 2005 in million U.S. dollars [Graph], Munich Re, March 31, 2005. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/264808/worlds-most-expensive-flood-disasters-from-1990-to-2005/