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Release of new interactive maps show states at risk

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A new series of natural disaster risk maps, with updated indices and hotspot charts that show the US and China top the list of states most at risk from economic losses due to climate change related hydro-meteorological disasters were released this week by Maplecroft, a UK based company.

When considered in terms of GDP, then small island developing states are most at risk, like Montserrat, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Bermuda and St Lucia. When one considers overall vulnerability to risk of climate change related disasters, then several countries of high geopolitical and business interest are found ranked in the top ten most at risk, including Bangladesh, Sudan, Mozambique, Haiti, Djibouti and the Philippines.

Maplecroft also maps geophysical disasters and provides an overall combined index for all natural disaster risk.

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