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Gironde suffered storms Nils and Pedro in February causing flooding, then in July the Saumos megafire of 42,000 hectares, followed by recognition of the state of natural disaster due to drought in 2025 in Beychac-et-Caillau and Cadaujac.
Hit by storms Nils and Pedro, which caused floods in February, and ravaged by several fires, including the Saumos megafire which covered 42,000 hectares in July... Gironde is bearing the brunt of climatic hazards. The state of natural disaster due to drought was also recognized on Tuesday in Beychac-et-Caillau and Cadaujac for the year 2025. So many disasters which are not without costs for insurance. According to the France insurers federation, climate change multiplies the risks: the amount of losses linked to natural events could double between 2020 and 2050 compared to the period 1989-2019, and thus increase from 73.4 billion euros to 143 billion euros by 2050. Figures which can be explained in particular by the risk of drought, the most expensive of natural risks, because it causes cracks in houses. No less than 10.4 million households are exposed to this risk of shrinkage and swelling of clay soils.
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The amount of losses linked to natural events in France will double between 2020 and 2050, going from 73.4 to 143 billion euros.
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