A man walks across the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey on February 7, 2023. A man walks across the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey on February 7, 2023. (Credit: Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images)

Global economic damage from natural disasters in the first quarter of 2023 hit $77 billion – the highest Q1 total since 2011 – according to the new Natural Catastrophe Report from Gallagher Re.

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