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Twenty Years After Storms Anatol, Lothar and Mar...
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Twenty years ago, while the planet was getting ready for transitioning to year 2000 and trying to solve the Y2K bug, the (re)insurance…
Europe’s Winter Windstorms – the Only Certainty ...
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The annual damage from European windstorms can range significantly: from years when there are clusters of severely damaging storms to other…
A Perennial Debate: Disaster Planning versus Dis...
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In May we saw a historic first: the World Humanitarian Summit. Held in Istanbul, representatives of 177 states attended. One UN chief…
Lessons Hidden In A Quiet Windstorm Season
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Wind gusts in excess of 100mph hit remote parts of Scotland earlier this month as a strong jet stream brought windstorms Elon and Felix to…
Location, Location, Location: What Makes a Winds...
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While wind speed can indicate a storm’s damageability, two storms with similar peak wind speeds can cause vastly different levels of damage if…
What to expect this 2014-2015 Europe Winter Wind...
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When it rains in Sulawesi it blows a gale in Surrey, some 12,000 miles away? While these occurrences may sound distinct and uncorrelated, the…
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