Climatic Events in Numbers

Climatic events in numbers 630 climatic events between 2000-2010 in Central and South Americas 46.6 million 16,000 people affected deaths US$13,642 million economic losses from the 11 most current events 1 iess of rainfall Millimeter -day 225% in Central per America in the past 50 years +2-7 increase in the frequency of hurricanes millimeters in the Caribbean between 2000-2009, when compared to the two previous decades 1980-2000 yearly rise in sea level bewteen 1950 and 2008 +1°C 38,300 Km? forest deforestation yearly rise in temperature in Central and South Americas in the last 40 years in Cental and South Americas, during 2005-2010 blogs.iadb.org/cambioclimatico