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Natural catastrophes
- MarchIndonesia: January 18: floods claim the lives of 41 people and cause damages estimated at 311 million USD Australia:
- January 18: bush fires in the south east of the country, 100 million USD in insured losses
- January 28: floods, 6 killed and 314 million USD in insured losses
- June
- July
- September
- DecemberPhilippines: November 8: typhoon Haiyan, huge economic losses but limited insured damages
Tacloban, island of Leyte © Trocaire, CC BY 2.0
Technical and man-made catastrophes
- March
- May
- June
- JulyCanada: July 5: derailment of a 72-tank-car train in Quebec, 47 people killed France: July 12: derailment of a passenger train at Brétigny-sur-Orge, seven people killed
Spain: July 24: derailment of a train in north western Spain, causing the death of 79 passengers
Derailment of a train in France © Poudou99, CC BY-SA 3.0 - SeptemberItaly: September 16: the sinking of “Costa Concordia” cruise ship caused losses of 826 million USD
- November
Other losses