El Niño Expected to Become One of Strongest on Record: UN’s Weather Agency November 17, 2015 By Tom Miles The El Niño weather pattern, a phenomenon associated with extreme droughts, storms and floods, is expected to strengthen before the...
Global Cat Losses in October Likely to Top $10 Billion: Impact Forecasting Report November 6, 2015 Global catastrophe losses in October are expected to top $10 billion, according to a report from Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s...
Celebrities’ Mexican Holiday Homes Pummeled by Hurricane Patricia October 27, 2015 By David Alire Garcia Mexico may have dodged a bullet from the fury of Hurricane Patricia, but jet setters like Bill Gates, Gwyneth Paltrow...
NHC Tracking Hurricane Patricia, as It Nears Mexican Coast October 22, 2015 The National Hurricane Center in Miami is tracking Hurricane Patricia, a storm in the eastern Pacific that is moving towards...
Typhoon Koppu (a.k.a. Lando) to Hit Philippines with Heavy Rainfall Warnings October 16, 2015 Typhoon Koppu is gaining strength and looks likely to deliver heavy rainfall over parts of Luzon in the northern Philippines...
AIR Analyzes Taiwan, China Damages, Losses from Typhoon Dujuan September 30, 2015 Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reports that Typhoon Dujuan made landfall on northeast coast of Taiwan with high winds and...
Pacific Islanders Plead for Action on Climate Change as Sea Levels Rise September 21, 2015 By Alex Morales The village where Anote Tong attended school some 40 years ago is no longer there. As the Pacific Ocean encroached...
El Niño’s Dark Side Could Bring More Trouble to California September 18, 2015 A group of drought experts gathered in California this week, and it wasn’t long before the conversation turned to El...
Japan Flooding After Record Rains Leaves 3 Dead, 23 Missing September 11, 2015 By Shoko Oda Three people died and 23 were missing in floods after record rains burst the banks of two rivers in Japan...
Typhoon Goni Makes Landfall on Japan, Causing Injuries, Evacuations August 25, 2015 By Shoko Oda Typhoon Goni made landfall on Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyushu, causing injuries and prompting evacuation orders. Cancellations of airline...