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Rinse/Repeat: Atmospheric Rivers and the Golden ...
Usage of the term ‘atmospheric river’ used to be the preserve of meteorologists, but now most Californians are aware of it. Atmospheric…
Fires in Paradise: Exposure Growth and Catastrop...
Like many communities in California with a mild climate, affordable housing, and scenic wilderness, Butte County (pop. ~230,000) has grown…
The HayWired Earthquake Scenario: An RMS View on...
New findings into the effect of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake originating from the 74 mile-long (119 kilometer) Hayward Fault in the California…
The California Earthquake Authority and RMS Co-h...
Together with the California Earthquake Authority (CEA), RMS co-hosted a webinar on May 17 for the CEA’s global panel of catastrophe…
What If The Oroville Dam Had Collapsed Completely?
RMS modeling reveals the wider risk of U.S. flooding, and a significant protection gap A combination of heavy rainfall and melting snow had…
“San Andreas” – The Scientific Reality
San Andreas—a Hollywood action-adventure film set in California amid not one, but two magnitude 9+ earthquakes in quick succession and the…