as 25 Mississippi Rivers.
They’re creating what you could call
“atmospheric tsunamis” in some areas.
The downpours get much bigger
and much more frequent,
four times more frequent now than in 1980.
One of them dropped on Germany
and neighboring countries in July,
killed more than 200 people.
Look at the before and after.
This is an example
of what we're doing to our planet.
Ten days ago, in part of Italy,
there were 74 centimeters
that fell in 12 hours,
29 inches of rain in 12 hours.
One year ago, October 3rd,
as much rain fell here in the UK
as there is water in Loch Ness.
And as a result, the insurance industry
is now seeing record recoveries,
and those recoveries I showed you
from last year may get a tiny bit larger,
depending on the outcome of this lawsuit.
The owners and operators of this giant
replica of Noah's Ark have
sued their insurance company
for a million dollars in flood damages.
Hard to make some of this stuff up.
(Laughter)