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Urbanization Under Pressure: Recent Flood Events...
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During an average September, New York City (NYC) gets 4.3 inches (110 millimeters) of rain for the entire month. In just a few hours during…
What Did We Learn from the California Flooding?
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From soaring temperatures, drought, and wildfires in 2022, then floods, mudslides, and snow just into 2023, the western U.S., and particularly…
10 Years After Superstorm Sandy: The Paradox of ...
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It has been 10 years since Hurricane Sandy, a.k.a. Superstorm Sandy, made its second landfall as a post-tropical storm in Brigantine, a city…
Lessons from Hurricane Ida: How Catastrophe Mode...
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Flood remains the most underinsured climate risk in the U.S. Consulting firm Milliman estimates that just 4 percent of U.S. homeowners have…
Decrease your Susceptibility to Poor Insured Dec...
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Originally appeared in PropertyCasual360 The loss response of a location exposed to a given peril can vary significantly, even when exposed…
Four Influences on the FEMA 1 Percent Probabilit...
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Where did the 1 percent probability flood line (100-year flood), the baseline metric for the U.S. flood insurance market, originate from? Why…
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