Three-quarters of the financial destruction occurred in the world's biggest economy, the US, where Donald Trump, a climate denier, will become president next month. For the first time since the ranking was launched in 2018, there were two storms in a single year each responsible for more than £40bn of losses: Hurricanes Helene and Milton that battered the US in September and October.
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