SciTech Residents bathe, wash, and pump water on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 in their destroyed village in Rodriguez, Rizal following the damage caused by flooding from Typhoon Ulysses (Vamco). REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 2020 weather disasters boosted by climate change —report By MARLOWE HOOD, Agence France-Presse Published December 28, 2020 7:12pm PARIS — The ten costliest weather disasters worldwide this year saw insured damages worth $150 billion, topping the figure for 2019 and reflecting a long-term impact of global warming, according to a report Monday. The same disasters claimed at least 3,500 lives and displaced more than 13.5 million people. From Australia's out-of-control wildfires in January to a record number of Atlantic hurricanes through November, the true cost of the year's climate-enhanced calamities was in fact far higher because most losses were uninsured.