Table ” he 20 orst catastrophes in terms of victims 2015 „nsured losses †ictimsƒ0 šin Ž‘’ m› ate šstart› …ent CountrŒœregion ‡†60 160 25ˆ0„ˆ2015 EarthŒua€e šŠ ˆ‡›… avalanche on Šount Everest… aftershoc€s Nepal… “n‚ia… China… ”anla‚esh  22„‡ – 21ˆ05ˆ2015 žeatave “n‚ia 120 – 01ˆ06ˆ2015 žeatave •a€istan 1200 – 2†ˆ0ˆ2015 žeatave Europe ‡22 – 1†ˆ0„ˆ2015 ”oat carryin mirants capsi­es ƒibyan Arab ¤amahiriya 6† – 2ˆ0†ˆ2015 ‘tampe‚e an‚ crush at the annual ža pilrimae ‘au‚i Arabia „51 – 12ˆ01ˆ2015 ‘evere floo‚s Šalai… Šo­ambiŒue… «imbabe „„2 – 01ˆ06ˆ2015 Cruise ship hit by stron in‚s an‚ rains capsi­es on µant­e China iver „00 – 1ˆ0„ˆ2015 ”oat carryin mirants capsi­es “taly… Še‚iterranean ‘ea †† – 26ˆ10ˆ2015 EarthŒua€e šŠ ˆ5› Afhanistan… •a€istan… “n‚ia  50 – 01ˆ10ˆ2015 ƒan‚sli‚e –uatemala 00 – 0‡ˆ02ˆ2015 ”oat carryin mirants capsi­es “taly… Še‚iterranean ‘ea 2†1 – 01ˆ02ˆ2015 Avalanches… lan‚sli‚es… floo‚s… heavy snofall Afhanistan 2‡† 55 2‡ˆ11ˆ2015 ‘evere flash floo‚s in Chennai “n‚ia 22„ ns 1ˆ10ˆ2015 Šetro et Airbus A21‰21 plane crashes shortly after ta€eoff Eypt allee‚ly ‚ue to bomb explosion onboar‚ 206 – 15ˆ0ˆ2015 Šonsoon floo‚s exacerbate‚ by tail en‚ of Cyclone Ÿomen “n‚ia 1† – 16ˆ0†ˆ2015 ™il tan€er overturns an‚ explo‚es³ local resi‚ents ha‚ athere‚ ‘u‚an to siphon fuel 1†0 – 0„ˆ06ˆ2015 Explosion at a as station –hana 1 2500 an‚ 12ˆ0‡ˆ2015 Explosions at a arehouse storin ha­ar‚ous chemicals at China 500 ian in •ort 166 – 15ˆ0ˆ2015 Šonsoon floo‚s •a€istan ‘ource: ‘iss e Economic esearch ¦ Consultin an‚ Cat •erilsˆ 40 ’ea‚ an‚ missinˆ Swiss Re sigma No 1/2016 2