Global and Regional Analyses

 

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The damage generates by a flood is very difficult to evaluate. Furthermore, the evaluation will be different form a country to another, and from one perspective (e.g. Insurance company), to another (e.g. local government). More than just the real economical cost of floods, this map shows the differences between countries and regions in the way this information is recorded and communicated through the media.
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