Natural Catastrophe Risk
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The Journey to Sendai and Beyond
Sendai is a city of a million people 2 hours north of Tokyo on the Shinkansen bullet train. From March 14-17, 2015 it will attract seven…
Rising Storm Surge Losses in the U.S. Northeast
A recent article in Nature Communications, picked up by the BBC, identified a record mean sea-level rise of 5” (127mm) along the coastline…
Measuring Disaster Risk for Global UN Goals
A dispiriting part of the aftermath of a disaster is hearing about the staggering number of deaths and seemingly insurmountable economic…
High Tides a Predictor for Storm Surge Risk
On February 21, 2015, locations along the Bristol Channel experienced their highest tides of the first quarter of the 21st century, which were…
Winter Storm Juno: Three Facts about “Snowmagedd...
There were predictions that Winter Storm Juno—which many in the media and on social media dubbed “Snowmageddon 2015”—would be one of the worst…
Lessons Hidden In A Quiet Windstorm Season
Wind gusts in excess of 100mph hit remote parts of Scotland earlier this month as a strong jet stream brought windstorms Elon and Felix to…
