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Mounting price of climate change - the long and painful recovery from disasters

Disasters supercharged by climate change are now so frequent it is hard to keep track of them. 

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Debris lies around the foundation of a destroyed house after the passage of Hurricane Beryl, on the island of Carriacou, Grenada July 3, 2024.   REUTERS/Arthur Daniel NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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Debris lies around the foundation of a destroyed house after the passage of Hurricane Beryl, on the island of Carriacou, Grenada, on July 3, 2024.

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Hurricane Beryl’s rampage through the southern Caribbean, Mexico,

and Texas in recent weeks left dozens dead, communities in ruins,

millions without power

and caused damage estimated to be more than US$6 billion (S$8 billion).

Beryl, the first major storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season which broke many meteorological records for the months of June and July, followed deadly heatwaves, floods and wildfires across swathes of the Northern Hemisphere. Disasters supercharged by climate change are now so frequent it is hard to keep track of them.

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