Regional oeriew ™ceania Šany ‚isasters cause‚ insure‚ losses for Natural catastrophes an‚ man‰ma‚e ‚isasters in 2015 cause‚ insure‚ losses of Ž‘’ 2ˆ1 billion in ™ceania… mainly in Ž‘’ 2ˆ1 billion in ™ceania… primarily from thun‚erstorms an‚ tropical cyclonesˆ “n Australiaˆ April… a poerful storm system brouht lare hail an‚ stron in‚s to Ne ‘outh ¨ales… causin insure‚ losses of Ž‘’ 0ˆ billion… the costliest catastrophe event in Australia an‚ the reion last yearˆ ™ther severe storms… tropical cyclone Šarcia an‚ bushfires a‚‚e‚ to the overall insure‚ tally for the reionˆ Šarcia as the most intense cyclone to ma€e lan‚fall… an‚ also the most intense recor‚e‚ so far south on 12 the eastern coast of Australiaˆ ‘everal outbrea€s of bushfires ‚estroye‚ homes an‚ vast areas of crop lan‚ in ‘outh Australia… ´ictoria an‚ ¨estern Australia last yearˆ Africa “n Africa… over 000 people ‚ie‚ in Natural catastrophes an‚ man‰ma‚e ‚isasters in Africa claime‚ „1 lives an‚ ‚isaster events in 2015ˆ cause‚ total losses of Ž‘’ 1ˆ2 billion in 2015ˆ he insure‚ losses ere minorˆ At the beinnin of the year… 2‡6 people ‚ie‚ in floo‚s in Šalai… an‚ close to 250 000 people ere left homelessˆ ƒosses from the thousan‚s of houses ‚estroye‚ or ‚amae‚ ere estimate‚ to be Ž‘’ 0ˆ„ billionˆ ˜loo‚s also hit Ÿenya… hile Ša‚aascar as affecte‚ by both floo‚s an‚ tropical storm Che‚­aˆ µet aain… terrorism contribute‚ to lare loss of life in the reionˆ “n a un attac€ at a Žniversity in –arissa… Ÿenya… 1„‡ stu‚ents lost their livesˆ 12 “Annual Climate eport 2015”… bom.gov.au… 2016 http://ˆbomˆovˆau/climate/annual½sum/2015/Annual‰Climate‰eport‰2015‰ƒˆp‚f 12 Swiss Re sigma No 1/2016