Spring into Action: U.S. Severe Convective Storm Season Spins Up
Last weekend (April 13-14) marked the first major U.S. severe convective storm (SCS) outbreak of 2019....
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While natural hazards are inevitable, their impact on any given community is not. This is the thrust of the #NoNaturalDisasters campaign...
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Cricket Balls from the Sky: Twenty-Year Retrospective on the 1999 Sydney Hailstorm
Still ranked within the top three largest insured loss events in Australia’s history, it has now been twenty years since a hailstorm shattered roofs...
- RMS / Article / 5 days ago
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Data Drives Dividends
In the four years since the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the range of stakeholders taking part in the UN’s biennial Global Platform for Disaster...
- RMS / Article / 9 days ago
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Why the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Intensity Scale had five levels we don’t know. The digits on a hand? Better than three, but lower resolution than the dozen rungs for wind...
- RMS / Article / 12 days ago
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Cyber Risk Models: Time for a Bench Test
RMS recently participated in a cyber model comparison exercise at the Cat Risk Management and Modelling conference in London...
- RMS / Article / 17 days ago
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On Monday, March 18, 2019, Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s largest aluminum producers, announced the replacement of its CEO, who had left the company through early retirement. This followed admissions...
- RMS / Article / 19 days ago
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The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) describes the fluctuations in the difference of atmospheric pressure at sea level between two semi-permanent centers of low...
- RMS / Article / 25 days ago
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European Windstorm: The Name Game
A typical European windstorm season usually spans from October to March, with a peak of activity during the winter months...
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The Age of Innocence
Professor Ilan Noy holds a unique ”Chair in the Economics of Disasters” at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand...
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