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Environment
Poppy Johnston

Australia makes list of 2025's costliest climate events

The costliest disasters worsened by climate change in 2025 include an ex-cyclone that hit Australia. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's destructive ex-tropical cyclone Alfred has been ranked among the world's most costly disasters fuelled by climate change in 2025.

Economic losses caused by the fierce storm that ravaged southeast Queensland and northern NSW clocked in at roughly $US1.2 billion ($A1.8 billion).

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