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Twenty Years After Storms Anatol, Lothar and Mar...
Twenty years ago, while the planet was getting ready for transitioning to year 2000 and trying to solve the Y2K bug, the (re)insurance…
Europe’s Winter Windstorms – the Only Certainty ...
The annual damage from European windstorms can range significantly: from years when there are clusters of severely damaging storms to other…
A Perennial Debate: Disaster Planning versus Dis...
In May we saw a historic first: the World Humanitarian Summit. Held in Istanbul, representatives of 177 states attended. One UN chief…
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…
Location, Location, Location: What Makes a Winds...
While wind speed can indicate a storm’s damageability, two storms with similar peak wind speeds can cause vastly different levels of damage if…
What to expect this 2014-2015 Europe Winter Wind...
When it rains in Sulawesi it blows a gale in Surrey, some 12,000 miles away? While these occurrences may sound distinct and uncorrelated, the…