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“These events cannot, of course, be attributed solely to climate change, but they are in line with the pattern that we can expect in the long term: severe storms, more heavy rainfall and a greater tendency towards flooding,” said Peter Hoeppe, head of the company’s Re’s Geo Risks Research Department.

Some Sierra Club dude? Nope, it’s from the world’s second largest re-insurer. The people who, you know, actually have to pay for this crap. Although it should be noted that the number one most expensive disaster of the year, an earthquake in Japan, was pretty climate-independent.