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Aging U.S. Dams + Extreme Weather = Disaster: CM Risk Alerts
Experts fear that aging U.S. dams may not be able to handle the extreme weather events associated with climate change. Scientists warn that some U.S. coastal cities could experience daily flooding by ...
Global Warming Increasing Frequency of 100-Year Rainstorms: Risk Alerts
Global warming is intensifying rainstorms in North America. Rats are becoming more aggressive in their hunt for food due to pandemic lockdown measures.***
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Estimating Climate Change Risk: Do Scientists Need a New Approach?
It has become increasingly common for the general media to say that weather-related disasters have been caused by climate change. Such headlines have largely been frowned upon by the scientific ...
Extreme Weather: Building Resilience for Rising Risks
The insurance industry has a responsibility to assume a "leadership role in creating and promoting resilience as the first line of defense" against natural disasters, an industry leader said ...
Trump Administration Disbands Cross-Agency Group Focused on Climate Change Prep
The Trump administration has terminated a cross-agency group created to help local officials protect their residents against extreme weather and natural disasters. The Community Resilience Panel for ...
When Vehicle Claims Surge: How to Weather the Storm
Unpredictable and severe weather patterns are a continuous and growing concern for property/casualty insurance companies. In fact, data findings from a new study in the journal Naturedemonstrate that ...
La Niña Now Likely to Emerge This Fall or Winter
A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday reduced its outlook that La Nina conditions would develop in next few months but said it still expected the weather phenomenon to occur this fall or ...
Climate Change, Mass Migration Top World’s Major Risks: World Economic Forum
Failure to mitigate and adapt to climate change is the global risk with the greatest potential impact in 2016. The risk ranked as most likely: large-scale involuntary migration. Both are major ...