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India faced 2 of 10 most costly climate disasters, damage worth over $10 bn

India is among the countries that are most vulnerable to the fallouts of climate change, and in 2020 it was hit by several extreme weather events

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Two men swim through a tube in floodwater after heavy rainfall, in Haridwar on Thursday.

6 min read Last Updated : Dec 31 2020 | 8:57 AM IST

Amphan, the super cyclone that hit India in May, and the floods that affected many parts of the country between June and October rank among the 10 most "expensive" extreme climate events the world saw in 2020, as per a recently released study. Put together, these 10 events caused damages of over Rs 10 lakh crore ($141 billion), 322 times higher than the annual budget of India's environment ministry.

Amphan, one of the strongest storms on record in the Bay of Bengal, with sustained wind speeds of 270 km per hour, hit both India and Bangladesh. The destruction caused by this

Topics : Climate Change Environment Cyclone Floods

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