France was ranked in the top 20 most exposed countries in the world, in the same bracket as India and Madagascar. Almost 20,000 people have died in France since 1999 because of extreme weather such as flooding, heatwaves and violent storms. France was ranked 8th in the world for the number of deaths caused by extreme weather events per 100,000 inhabitants. READ ALSO IN MAPS: The parts of France most at risk from floodingIn total the Germanwatch report estimates that 500,000 people have died around the globe as a result of 12,000 extreme weather events since 1999. The NGO estimates that extreme heat periods in Europe are up to 100 times more likely than a century ago.

Source: The Local December 04, 2019 14:02 UTC