Cost of natural disasters in France reaches 10 billion euros in 2022, an unprecedented level since 1999

The increase in costs concerning damage is linked to “the intensification of extreme climatic phenomena and to an” increase in their frequency “, announced Thursday the president of France insurers.

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The cost of natural disasters in France is expected to amount to 10 billion euros in 2022, the president of France insurers announced on Thursday, a record since 1999, due to “the intensification of extreme climatic phenomena and an “increase in their frequency”.

The year 2022 “On the front of climatic events is truly the Annus horribilis”, underlined Florence Lustman, questioned on Europe 1, citing hailstorms, storms, floods and “also a year Exceptional on the drought front “.

/Media reports cited above.