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Assessing the Risk of a Global Ebola Pandemic
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With the current outbreak of Ebola in western Africa, as well as the recent MERS coronavirus and H7N9 avian flu outbreaks, the world is…
Hawaii Narrowly Escapes Hurricane Landfalls in t...
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Hawaiians held their breath early this month as not one but two hurricanes made their way toward the islands, following similar tracks. …
How is the 2014 North West Pacific Typhoon Seaso...
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July’s Typhoon Matmo was the 10th named typhoon of 2014 and the 5th to make landfall in the West Pacific basin. Typhoons can occur throughout…
The California Drought: A Shift in the Medium-Te...
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Indications are growing that there is a shift underway in the risk landscape in California that may last several years, prompted by the…
Disaster Risk Reduction: Catastrophe Modeling Ta...
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The UN meeting room at the Palais de Nations in Geneva is oval shaped and more than 100 feet long with curved desks arranged in a series of “U…
Building Better Models Through Collaboration
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To calibrate and validate their models, catastrophe modeling firms ideally have access to large amounts of high-quality, high-resolution…
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