Global Flooding to Impact Twice as <br />Many People by 2030, Study Finds The analysis comes from <br />non-profit organization <br />World Resources Institute (WRI). It says that by 2030, 147 million people worldwide will <br />be affected by flooding rivers and coasts. That is double the 72 million <br />who were impacted in 2010. Property damage costs will <br />also jump to $712 billion from <br />$174 billion annually. The report adds that by 2050, flooding will reach <br />"catastrophic levels" and impact 221 million people. WRI's Charlie Iceland says the organization did <br />not expect these numbers in 2014 when it <br />built a device for flood modeling. WRI director <br />Charlie Iceland South and Southeast Asia are said to be where <br />climate-enhanced flooding will be at its worst. In the United States, coastal flood <br />damage will cost $38 billion by 2050. That is a huge increase from the <br />$1.8 billion America had <br />to pay in 2010. Massachusetts, Florida and <br />Louisiana alone account for <br />half of the people at risk.
