Aon Benfield's catastrophe-model development center ImpactForecasting has revealed in its newly released 2014 Global Catastrophe Recap report the costliest weatherevents for the month of July, including major thunderstorms,flooding and not one but two super typhoons.

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As it happens, one of these events has proven the costliestweather event to date thus far in 2014.

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Click through to learn the Top 10 most costly weather events forJuly, and the worst of event of them all in the year to date—whichcaused more than 200 deaths.

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Storm clouds over Milan on July9, 2014. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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10. Severe weather in Western and Central Europe(7/8-7/11)

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Deaths: 5

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Structures/Claims: Thousands-plus

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Economic Losses: $200 million-plus

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Violent thunderstorms and torrential rains battered western andcentral Europe between the 8th and 11th, killing at least fivepeople, says Impact Forecasting. Some of the hardest-hit areas werenorthern Italy, southeast France, Bulgaria, Germany and the CzechRepublic where the storms wrought large hail, high winds and flashflooding. Thousands of properties were damaged, as well as swathsof agricultural crops.

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(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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9. Severe weather in China (7/19-7/20)

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Deaths: 5

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Structures/Claims: 5,000-plus

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Economic Losses: $275 million-plus

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Severe thunderstorms hit China's Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan,Guizhou, and Heilongjiang provinces on the 19th and 20th, takingthe lives of at least five people. Hail and flooding rains from thestorms led to more than 5,000 homes sustaining damage and thousandsof hectares (acres) of cropland to be impacted.

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A downed tree in a camp areawhere a tree fell during a strong thunderstorm on July 8, 2014,killing one child and injuring six others. The children were headedto a shelter when a tree fell on them. (AP Photo/JulietLinderman)

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8. Severe weather in the Central and Eastern U.S.(7/7-7/9)

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Deaths: 5

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Structures/Claims: 45,000-plus

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Economic Losses: $350 Million-plus

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Thunderstorms caused widespread damage from the Rockies to theNortheast between the 7th and 9th, Impact Forecasting says, ashail, damaging winds, flash flooding and even isolated tornadoeswere all recorded. Some of the most significant impacts were feltin the states of New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, where as many as11 confirmed tornadoes touched down and straight-line winds gustedin excess of 70 mph (110 kph). Elsewhere, storm damage was cited inColorado, Nebraska, and Missouri.

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A satellite image taken onJuly 8, 2014 shows Typhoon Neoguri. (AP Photo/NOAA)

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7. Super Typhoon Neoguri, in Japan(7/8-7/11)

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Deaths: 7

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Structures/Claims: 1,554-plus

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Economic Losses: $485 million-plus

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Super Typhoon Neoguri made landfall in Japan's Kyushu Island asa tropical storm on the 10th after first hittingOkinawa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. At least sevenpeople were killed and 66 others were injured. The most significantdamage occurred in Okinawa, Impact Forecasting says, where thestorm's high winds and torrential rains damaged hundreds of homesand decimated local agriculture. On the Japanese mainland, tropicalstorm-force winds and flooding rains prompted landslides inmultiple prefectures.

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Employees sweep up debris in theservice garage of Master Auto in Revere, Mass. after the roof blewoff after a tornado touched down on July 28,2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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6. Severe weather in the Central and Eastern U.S.(7/26-7/28)

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Deaths: 0

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Structures/Claims: Thousands-plus

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Economic Losses: Hundreds of Millions

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Severe thunderstorms swept across portions of the Plains,Midwest, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast between the26th and 28th, causing widespread damage in more than a dozenstates, according to Impact Forecasting. The stretch washighlighted by a rare EF-2 tornado in Suffolk County, Mass. thatdamaged or destroyed more than 100 homes in the greater Bostonarea. Elsewhere, parts of eastern Tennessee and Michigan enduredtornado touchdowns, hurricane-force winds and golf ball-sized hailthat caused widespread property damage.

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Above: Video of flood watersdestroying homes in China last month. (NBC News)

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5. Flooding in China (7/3-7/7)

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Deaths: 36

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Structures/Claims: 10,000-plus

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Economic Losses: $547 million-plus

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Monsoonal rains buffered southern parts of China between the 3rdand 7th, driving floods that left at least 36 people dead ormissing. The Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) estimated that morethan 10,000 collapsed due to flooding and landslides, with parts ofthe Guizhou and Yunnan provinces sustaining the worst impacts.

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A taxi maneuvers around a fallentree from Typhoon Matmo in Taipei, Taiwan on July 23, 2014. (APPhoto/Wally Santana)

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4. Typhoon Matmo, in Taiwan, China and the Philippines(7/22-7/24)

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Deaths: 15

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Structures/Claims: 30,000-plus

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Economic Losses: $570 million-plus

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Typhoon Matmo made separate landfalls in Taiwan and Chinabetween the 22nd and 24th after first passing by thePhilippines, Impact Forecasting says. At least 15 deaths wereattributed to the storm. In Taiwan, Matmo's effects were feltacross the entire island after rainfall totals reached nearly 23inches in some townships. Agriculture was the hardest-hit sector,with losses totaling TWD 595 million (USD $20 million). In China,the storm caused widespread damage across the provincial regions ofFujian, Jiangxi, Shandong and five others.

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Above: Chinese news footage fromthe Associated Press shows the flooding in China on July 17, 2014.(AP)

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3. Flooding in China (7/13-7/18)

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Deaths: 66

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Structures/Claims: 80,000-plus

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Economic Losses: $1.25 billion-plus

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Torrential monsoon rains lashed southern China from the 13th tothe 18th, affecting millions of people and leaving at least 66people dead or missing. The storms triggered strong wind gusts,lightning, and unseasonably high amounts of rainfall in severalprovinces including Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hunan and Sichuan. More than80,000 properties were damaged, and tens of thousands of hectaresof crops were destroyed.

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2. Drought in China (6/20-7/31)

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Deaths: 0

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Structures/Claims: Unknown

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Economic Losses: $1.4 billion-plus

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Severe drought conditions affected portions of nine northernChinese provinces from late June through the month of July. Theprovincial regions of Shandong, Shaanxi and Henan were worstaffected, where rainfall totals were at their lowest since1961.

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Firemen remove the branches froma fallen tree which fell on two cars at the onslaught of TyphoonRammasun in Makati city, Philippines on July 16, 2014. (APPhoto/Bullit Marquez)

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1. Super Typhoon Rammasun, in the Philippines, China& Vietnam (7/15-7/20)

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Deaths: 206

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Structures/Claims: 780,000

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Economic Losses: $6.5 billion (highest to datein 2014)

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Super Typhoon Rammasun made separate landfalls in thePhilippines and China between the 15th and 20th, says ImpactForecasting, causing widespread damage and killing at least 206people. Hundreds more were injured.

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The typhoon was a Category 3 when it came ashore in thePhilippines' Albay Province as it damaged or destroyed nearly500,000 homes and decimated swaths of agriculture andinfrastructure. Total damages to each sector were listed at PHP10.8 billion (USD $250 million). More than 272,000 homes weredamaged. Additional flood and wind damage was reported in Vietnam,where 7,200 properties were affected.

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