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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedGuy Carpenter tallies tsunami statistics.(NATIONAL REPORT)
Claims, May, 2005
Guy Carpenter's report, Tsunami: Indian Ocean Event and Investigation into Potential Global Risks, presents some staggering statistics about the Sumatra earthquake and subsequent tsunamis that struck Asia last December:
* 300,000 missing or dead
* 800,000 homeless
* 500,000 lost livelihoods.
The report not only dissects the human devastation, but also examines the extent of damage and the economic impact for each country affected by one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded, in terms of loss of life.
An analysis of the natural forces behind the tsunami also is provided, which includes convergent fault lines, such as those present at the site of the earthquake. Because the Pacific and Indian Oceans have a high...
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