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Setting the Stage for Exceedance 2019
If you are joining us in Miami (May 13-16) for Exceedance this year, we are looking forward to welcoming you to what promises to be an…
Understanding the Terror Attacks in Sri Lanka
A decade ago, an RMS colleague traveling to Bali for a climate change conference sought my advice on where to stay to minimize the risk of…
Disaster Risk Reduction: Avoiding the Inevitable
While natural hazards are inevitable, their impact on any given community is not. This is the thrust of the #NoNaturalDisasters campaign.…
Spring into Action: U.S. Severe Convective Storm...
Last weekend (April 13-14) marked the first major U.S. severe convective storm (SCS) outbreak of 2019. Drawing energy from warm, humid air…
Cricket Balls from the Sky: Twenty-Year Retrospe...
Still ranked within the top three largest insured loss events in Australia’s history, it has now been twenty years since a hailstorm shattered…
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…