May 2016

Right now in the United States, less than 25% of homes in FEMA Flood Zones A or V have flood insurance, and the vast majority of the policies that do exist are written by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is currently USD 23 billion in debt.

In today's highly interconnected world, infectious diseases can spread rapidly and potentially cause catastrophic losses.

Vietnam is prone to a wide range of natural disasters including floods, typhoons, landslides, and drought. It is less well-known, however, that the northern part of the country also has high seismic activity and risk.

Are you more accurate than a random number generator? Now that it's mid-May and we are just a couple of weeks away from the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, it is time to enter AIR's annual Hurricane Contest.

Officials are just beginning to assess the damage in Fort McMurray following the massive devastation caused by the wildfire that began on May 1.

The mission of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, a partnership of four federal agencies, is to improve the nation's earthquake resilience in public safety, economic strength, and national security.

People like to name things, whether animals, cars, or storms, so they can more easily identify and remember them. Meteorological organizations have been naming tropical storm systems since the 1950s, which has proved popular with the general public, media, weather forecasters, and catastrophe modelers. The practice of naming storms, however, is not as simple as it may at first appear.

Working for a catastrophe modeling company, the first question that comes to my mind when in the city is "What would happen if an earthquake in Hong Kong?"