November 2018

The year 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and this critical program currently finds itself in dire straits.

One beachfront house survived Hurricane Michael intact—the now-famous “Sand Palace”—could we quantify the impact of its mitigating features using a catastrophe model?

Geoscience Australia has updated the National Seismic Hazard Map challenging established conceptions of Australia’s seismic hazard and generally decreasing seismic hazard factors significantly.

How can insurers asses the vulnerability of complex and non-conventional structures and quantify risk where— unlike regular buildings—insurance claims are scarce?

Cities and local governments are increasingly faced with large, unexpected costs from natural catastrophes. 100 Resilient Cities seeks to help cities become more resilient in the face of these significant unplanned expenditures.

Over the past few years, there has been increased attention focused on football-related concussions and other head injuries, both at professional and non-professional levels.

With minimal vertical wind shear and a long fetch of warm water, Typhoon Haiyan had a lengthy runway to spin up to super typhoon status before it made landfall in the Philippines on November 7, 2013.

Ebola hemorrhagic fever, a deadly disease caused by the Ebola virus, continues to be a threat to human health, especially in Africa.

Less than 72 hours after it intensified into a named tropical storm, Michael made landfall as a strong Category 4 hurricane and obliterated portions of the Florida Panhandle.