While winter weather pelted the U.S. heartland in December causing millions of dollars in damage and close to 30 deaths, the Philippines suffered from Super Typhoon Bopha, which struck the island of Mindanao taking close to 2,000 lives, says Aon Benfield.
The reinsurance broker's catastrophe modeler Impact Forecasting released its "December 2012 Global Catastrophe Recap," recounting what was a busy and deadly month from weather events throughout the world.
Super Typhoon Bopha struck on Dec. 4 as a Category 5 typhoon with sustained winds of 160 mph. The storm left more than 1,901 people dead or missing and injured 2,666 others.
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