Overview
- California’s Palisades and Eaton wildfires were the year’s costliest disaster, causing more than $60 billion in damage and killing over 400 people.
- November cyclones and floods across Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Malaysia caused about $25 billion in losses and left more than 1,750 dead.
- China’s June–August flooding inflicted roughly $11.7 billion in damage with at least 30 deaths, while typhoons in the Philippines and monsoon floods in India and Pakistan displaced millions and added several billion dollars more.
- The report and independent scientists say human-caused warming made most major events more likely and more severe, aligning with agency data that 2025 ranks among the warmest years on record.
- Christian Aid highlights that lethal floods in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a deepening drought in Iran, threatening Tehran’s water supply, show heavier, largely uninsured losses outside wealthier markets.