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Closing the Resilience Gap: A Tale of Two Countr...
On April 25, 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck nearly 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. This resulted in…
The Age of a Roof and The Price You Pay: New Ana...
RMS has completed research on hurricane risk to single-family dwellings using an improved understanding of roof age, which can lead to more…
Hurricane Risk on the U.S. East Coast: The Lates...
For the meteorologist in me, hurricane and climate research is fascinating in its dynamism. The last two years have seen continuous scientific…
Exceedance 2017 – Coming in Just a Few Weeks!
It’s hard to believe but Exceedance 2017 will be here in just a few weeks, and the excitement is building! Many companies are sending their…
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 the devastating 2015 earthquake how is Nep...
It’s more than 20 months since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal in April 2015, swiftly followed by another earthquake of magnitude 7.3 the…