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2015 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: What’s in ...
RMS recently released its 2015 North Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook. So, what can we expect from this season, which is now underway? 2015…
The Curious Story of the “Epicent
The word epicenter was coined in the mid-19th century to mean the point at the surface above the source of an earthquake. After discarding…
Reflecting on Tropical Storm Bill
After impacting coastal Texas and portions of the Plains and Midwest with rain, wind, and flooding for nearly a week, Tropical Storm Bill has…
The Sendai World Conference on Disaster Risk Red...
The height reached by the tsunami from the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake is marked on the wall of the arrivals hall at Sendai airport. This…
New Risks in Our Interconnected World
Heraclitus taught us more than 2,500 years ago that the only constant is change. And one of the biggest changes in our lifetime is that…
Redefining the Global Terrorism Threat Landscape
The last six months have witnessed significant developments within the global terrorism landscape. This includes the persistent threat of the…