Risk
Navigating the Challenges of Wildfire Risk Modeling
As wildfires raged across Northeastern Canada in June, spreading toxic smoke across a large swath of Eastern and Central U.S., risk and insurance executives were reminded of the myriad challenges ...
More Than 17 Million U.S. Properties Face Substantial Flood Risk: Study
More than half of the U.S. population resides in a county that is likely to experience stormwater system failure due to flooding from heavy rainfall events, according to a new report published by ...
Who Should Pay to Rescue Wealthy Risk Takers?
When millionaire Steve Fossett's plane went missing over the Nevada range in 2007, the swashbuckling adventurer had already been the subject of two prior emergency rescue operations thousands of ...
CSU: Above Average Atlantic Hurricane Season Now Expected
Colorado State University (CSU) hurricane researchers have upped their hurricane season forecast. An above average Atlantic hurricane season is now expected for 2023, though there is a greater level ...
The ‘New Abnormal’ of Wildfires and Smoky Skies Beyond California
It was a smell that invoked a memory—both for Emily Kuchlbauer in North Carolina and Ryan Bomba in Chicago. It was smoke from wildfires, the odor of an increasingly hot and occasionally on-fire ...
Wind Turbines That Shake and Break Cost Their Maker Billions
Wind turbines make money when they spin. But when they shake, it can cost billions. Siemens Energy AG is struggling to contain the fallout after discovering a main piece on the frame of its wind ...
Stucco-Eating Giant African Land Snails Put Parts of Florida Under Quarantine
If it's not malaria-carrying mosquitoes, it's stucco-eating giant snails. Neighborhoods in Broward County are still under quarantine in an effort to limit the spread of the giant African land snails, ...
What’s This Now? Clouds of Bugs Descend on New York City
By the time Martin DuPain got back home from a short walk last Thursday afternoon, he was covered with a smattering of tiny flying critters. They were in his hair, on his shirt and in his nose. When ...