Europe’s Hottest Year Turbocharged Extreme Weather Across Region April 15, 2025 By Joe Wertz Europe experienced the hottest year on record in 2024, as climate change combined with a strong El Niño to generate...
Floods in France Force Evacuations and Cut Power to Homes January 31, 2025 By Joe Wertz and Nayla Razzouk Flooding caused by Storm Herminia forced the evacuation of thousands of people in northwest France, while hundreds of homes remain...
Storm Bert Brings Flooding and Disruption to UK and France November 25, 2024 By Eva Brendel and Nayla Razzouk Storm Bert left a trail of disruption across the UK, with hundreds of flood warnings in place for Wales and...
Insured Losses for 2 Recent European Windstorms Estimated at €3B-€5B: Verisk February 25, 2022 Insured losses due to wind from Winter Storms Dudley/Ylenia and Eunice/Zeynep will range between €3 billion and €5 billion (US$2.2...
Storm Eunice Batters Britain and Ireland With Record Winds Hitting 122 Mph February 18, 2022 By Paul Sandle and Muvija M An Atlantic storm battered Britain and Ireland on Friday with record winds of up to 122 miles per hour, killing...
UK Braces for ‘Storm Eunice’ and Hurricane-Strength Gusts on Friday February 17, 2022 By Rachel Morison and Brian K. Sullivan Britain’s Met Office issued a rare red weather warning for parts of the UK, saying hurricane-strength gusts of 90 miles...
Storms With Hurricane Gusts Set to Batter NW Europe, Driving Wind Power Generation February 16, 2022 By William Mathis and Rachel Morison Storms across northwest Europe are set to drive electricity generation from wind farms to records this week in gusty conditions...
Insurers Face Higher Claims from Severe Convective Storms in Germany May 16, 2019 By William Wilkes Swimmers at the Lusshardtsee lake about 60 miles south of Frankfurt in Germany thought they’d found respite from the blazing...
Final Insured Losses for Europe’s Cyclone Burglind Reach €756M ($862.1M): PERILS January 3, 2019 The final estimate of insured property losses from Europe’s Extratropical Cyclone Burglind, also known as Eleanor, have risen to €756...
Final Insured Loss for Germany’s Cyclone Xavier in 2017 Estimated at €324M: PERILS October 5, 2018 The final insured property market losses for Extratropical Cyclone Xavier, based on loss data collected from affected insurers, is €324...