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Five largest natural catastrophes in 2018

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The Camp Wildfire was the costliest natural catastrophe in 2018 with $16.5 billion in losses. Paradise Unified School Board member Richard Gingery Jr. cannot believe the devastation as he looks over the remains of the continuation high school in Paradise, Calif, after the Camp Fire devastated the area on Nov. 15, 2018.
The Camp Wildfire was the costliest natural catastrophe in 2018 with $16.5 billion in losses. Paradise Unified School Board member Richard Gingery Jr. cannot believe the devastation as he looks over the remains of the continuation high school in Paradise, Calif, after the Camp Fire devastated the area on Nov. 15, 2018.
KELLY JORDAN, USA TODAY Network
The Camp Fire swept through Paradise, Calif., destroying thousands of homes on Nov. 17, 2018.
The Camp Fire swept through Paradise, Calif., destroying thousands of homes on Nov. 17, 2018.
SCOTT CLAUSE, USA TODAY Network
Hurricane Michael was the second costliest natural catastrophe in 2018 with $16 billion in losses. A drone image of damage left by Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Fla. on Oct. 16, 2018.
Hurricane Michael was the second costliest natural catastrophe in 2018 with $16 billion in losses. A drone image of damage left by Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Fla. on Oct. 16, 2018.
MAUREEN KENYON & RICARDO ROLON, USA TODAY Network
Boats lay stacked on each other in Massalina Bayou after Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla. on Oct. 18, 2018.
Boats lay stacked on each other in Massalina Bayou after Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla. on Oct. 18, 2018.
GREGG PACHKOWSKI, Pensacola News Journal Via USA TODAY Network
Hurricane Florence was the third costliest natural catastrophe in 2018 with $14 billion in losses. Dan Thompson, a contractor from Florida, works to assess power line damage from a large tree that fell due to Hurricane Florence in Wilmington, N.C. on Sept. 16, 2018.
Hurricane Florence was the third costliest natural catastrophe in 2018 with $14 billion in losses. Dan Thompson, a contractor from Florida, works to assess power line damage from a large tree that fell due to Hurricane Florence in Wilmington, N.C. on Sept. 16, 2018.
JACK GRUBER, USA TODAY
A drone photo of flooding caused by Hurricane Florence in Belhaven, N.C. on Sept. 15, 2018.
A drone photo of flooding caused by Hurricane Florence in Belhaven, N.C. on Sept. 15, 2018.
JOHN MEORE & TARIQ ZEHARI, The Journal News Via USA TODAY Network
Typhoon Jebi was the fourth costliest natural catastrophe in 2018 with $12.5 billion in losses. A ship that collided with a breakwater due to strong winds caused by Typhoon Jebi in Nishinomiya, Japan on Sept. 5, 2018. Typhoon Jebi is the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in a quarter century.
Typhoon Jebi was the fourth costliest natural catastrophe in 2018 with $12.5 billion in losses. A ship that collided with a breakwater due to strong winds caused by Typhoon Jebi in Nishinomiya, Japan on Sept. 5, 2018. Typhoon Jebi is the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in a quarter century.
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Damage from loose construction scaffolding due to weather patterns from Typhoon Jebi is seen in Osaka on Sept. 4, 2018, as the typhoon made landfall around midday in southwestern Japan.
Damage from loose construction scaffolding due to weather patterns from Typhoon Jebi is seen in Osaka on Sept. 4, 2018, as the typhoon made landfall around midday in southwestern Japan.
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Floods and landslides in Japan at the beginning of July were the fifth costliest natural catastrophe in 2018 with $9.5 billion in losses. Police arrive to clear debris scattered on a street in a flood hit area in Kumano, Japan on July 9, 2018.
Floods and landslides in Japan at the beginning of July were the fifth costliest natural catastrophe in 2018 with $9.5 billion in losses. Police arrive to clear debris scattered on a street in a flood hit area in Kumano, Japan on July 9, 2018.
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Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force's personnel search for missing people at an isolated district in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan on July 7, 2017.
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force's personnel search for missing people at an isolated district in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan on July 7, 2017.
KIMIMASA MAYAMA, EPA
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