India, Pakistan and Mexico are the latest countries to be dealtdevastating blows by Mother Nature in 2014 thus far.

Aon Benfield’s catastrophe-model development center ImpactForecasting reveals in its newly released Global Catastrophe Recap some more of the costliestweather events for the year to date, including major hurricanes andflooding. Several of these events that happened during the month ofSeptember rank among the costliest weather events to date thus farin 2014.

Click through to see the 10 most costly weather events for theyear to date, including those with some of the highest insuredproperty loss.

A city maintenance crew memberremoves fallen trees from a main road in Taipei, Taiwan on July 23,2014. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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

Deaths: 15

Structures/Claims: 30,000-plus

Economic Losses: $570 Million-plus

Typhoon Matmo made separate landfalls in Taiwan and Chinabetween July 22 and 24 after first passing by the Philippines;at least 15 deaths were attributed to the storm. In Taiwan, Matmo’seffects were felt across the entire island after rainfall totalsreached nearly 23 inches in some townships. Agriculture was thehardest-hit sector, with losses totaling TWD 595 million (USD $20million). In China, the storm caused widespread damage across theprovincial regions of Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong and five others.

(AP Photo/Andy Wong)

9. Flooding in China (8/22-8/28)

Deaths: 10

Structures/Claims: 10,000-plus

Economic Losses: $700 Million-plus

Flooding rains, high winds and large hail lashed nine Chineseprovincial regions between Aug. 22 and 28, killing at least 10people. Multiple storm systems crossed the country, which led tomore than 10,000 homes and other structures sustaining varyinglevels of damage, according to Aon Benfield. Parts of Guizhou,Hebei, Qinghai, Ningxia, Hunan, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi,and Gansu provinces were all impacted. The MCA cited total economiclosses at CNY4.3 billion (USD $700 million).

(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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

Deaths: 66

Structures/Claims: 80,000-plus

Economic Losses: $1.25 billion-plus

Torrential monsoon rains lashed southern China from July 13-18,affecting millions of people and leaving at least 66 people dead ormissing. The storms triggered strong wind gusts, lightning, andunseasonably high amounts of rainfall in several provincesincluding Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hunan and Sichuan. More than 80,000properties were damaged, and tens of thousands of hectares of cropswere destroyed.

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

Deaths: 0

Structures/Claims: Unknown

Economic Losses: $1.4 Billion-plus

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.

Pedestrians examine a crumblingfacade following an earthquake at the Vintner's Collective tastingroom in Napa, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

6. Earthquake in California (8/24)

Deaths: 0

Structures/Claims: Thousands-plus

Economic Losses: $2.0 Billion-plus

The strongest earthquake to strike San Francisco’s Bay Area in25 years was recorded in the early morning of Aug. 24, causingwidespread damage to property, infrastructure, and wineries. Atleast 258 people were injured.

The magnitude-6.0 tremor was registered at 3:20 a.m. local timewith an epicenter located six kilometers (four miles) northwest ofAmerican Canyon, California. In the city of Napa, at least 1,120homes and other buildings were structurally damaged, withadditional damage noted in Vallejo and Mare Island, according toAon Benfield. The main tremor caused at least 50 fires and morethan 100 water main breaks.

Total economic losses were expected to minimally reach $2billion, with insured losses much less due to low residentialearthquake insurance penetration in Napa County and surroundingcounties.

A stranded motorist sits on tophis car as he awaits rescue from the flooded Southfield Freeway onAug. 11, 2014, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

5. Flooding in the Midwest, Northeast and Mid-AtlanticU.S. (8/11-8/13)

Deaths: 1

Structures/Claims: 70,000-plus

Economic Losses: $2.0 Billion-plus

Multiple days of excessive rain led to substantial flooding inparts of the Midwest, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic between Aug. 11and 13, killing at least one person. Some of the most severe damagewas recorded in the greater Detroit metro region, where two months’worth of precipitation fell in just 24 hours. Tens of thousands ofhomes were damaged and infrastructure was severely impacted.

Similar rainfall and flooding occurred in Baltimore and in LongIsland, N.Y., where rainfall totals equaled a 1-in-100 year event.Total economic losses were expected to reach $2 billion, with morethan $1 billion cited in the Detroit metro area alone. Insuredlosses to private insurers and the NFIP were in excess of $500million.

The collapsed Aduano bridgeleading to in Los Cabos, Mexico on Sept. 17, 2014, several daysafter Hurricane Odile hit the region. (AP Photo/Victor R.Caivano)

4. Hurricane Odile (9/10-9/17)

Deaths: 5

Structures/Claims: 50,000-plus

Economic Losses: $ Billions (closest assessmentavailable)

Hurricane Odile became the strongest storm on record to makelandfall on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. The Category 3 storm with 125mph (205 kph) winds left five dead and injured 135 others when itcrashed ashore near Cabo San Lucas. Tens of thousands of homes,structures and vehicles were damaged or destroyed. Total economiclosses were expected to reach the low-digit billions (USD).

Mexico’s National Commission of Insurance and Bonds reportedthat preliminary insured losses were at least MXN 7.0 billion (USD$522 million).

A woman carries her salvagedgoods through the rubble of destroyed houses following a massiveearthquake in China's Yunnan Province. (AP Photo/AndyWong)

3. Earthquake in China (8/3)

Deaths: 617

Structures/Claims: 225,000-plus

Economic Losses: $6.3 Billion-plus

A USGS-registered magnitude-6.1 earthquake rocked YunnanProvince in southwest China on Aug. 3, killing at least 617 peopleand injuring more than 3,143. Extensive damage was recordedthroughout Yunnan Province, with the heaviest impacts sustainednearest the epicenter in Ludian County’s Longtoushan Township.

Data from the Ministry of Civil Affairs indicated that more than25,800 homes collapsed, with an additional 40,600 sustaining severelevels of damage and a further 151,200 with lesser amounts ofdamage, according to Aon Benfield. Damage from ground shaking andlandslides also occurred in nearby Guizhou and Sichuan provinces.Total economic losses were anticipated to be at least CNY38.5billion (USD $6.3 billion).

Residents check out a bridge thatcollapsed at the onslaught of Typhoon Rammasun inBatangas city, Philippines on July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/BullitMarquez)

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

Deaths: 206

Structures/Claims: 780,000

Economic Losses: $6.5 billion

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.

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.

Sacks of relief goods are droppedfrom a helicopter in the flooded village of Multan district,Pakistan on Sept. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Mansoor Abbas)

1. Flooding in India and Pakistan(9/2-9/15)

Deaths: 648

Structures/Claims: 375,000

Economic Losses: More than $18 Billion(*highest to date in 2014)

Torrential monsoon rains led to catastrophic flooding throughoutparts of Pakistan and India, causing extensive damage and killingat least 648 people. A combined 375,000 homes and other structureswere either damaged or destroyed, according to Aon Benfield.

In India’s Jammu & Kashmir region, the local governmenttentatively estimated economic losses at INR1.0 trillion (USD16billion)–though the total remains subject to change. The insuranceindustry estimated that payouts would reach INR9.0 billion (USD150million). In Pakistan, government estimates cited economic lossesin Punjab Province alone at PKR200 billion (USD2.0 billion).

This is the fifth consecutive year in which Pakistan hassuffered a billion-dollar flood event.