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Friday 13th and the Long-Term Cost of False Alarms
If the prospect of flooding along the East Coast of England earlier this month was hard to forecast, the newspaper headlines the next day were…
After Matthew: Putting a Value on Natural Coasta...
As coastal communities in the U.S. continue to clear up and count the costs following Hurricane Matthew, we already know things could have…
Mangroves and Marshes: A Shield Against Catastro...
“We believe that natural ecosystems protect against catastrophic coastal flood losses, but how can we prove it?” This question was the start…
Coastal Flood: Rising Risk in New Orleans and Be...
As we come up on the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a lot of the focus is on New Orleans. But while New Orleans is far from being…
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…
RMS and Risky Business: Modeling Climate Change ...
Earlier this year, RMS partnered with the Risky Business Initiative, a year-long effort co-chaired by former New York City Mayor Michael…