Table 2 Percentage increase in the number of flood claims resulting from 1%, 5%, 10%, and 20% increases in the values of the flood ratio, and from increasing urbanization.

From: Assessing Current and Future Freshwater Flood Risk from North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones via Insurance Claims

 

Percentage increase in the number of flood claims

1% increase in flood ratio

0.7%

5% increase in flood ratio

3.5%

10% increase in flood ratio

8.6%

20% increase in flood ratio

17.1%

Urbanization increase

2.4%

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