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Winter storm Harper brought heavy snow to the mid-west yesterday, causing travel disruption throughout the region. The storm has intensified and is moving across the north-east today, where snow [...]

Winter storm Gia is bringing heavy snow to the mid-Atlantic region today. The massive storm has impacted a 1,500-mile stretch of the country, from Colorado to the east coast, with snow and ice. [...]

A significant winter storm is forecast to bring snow accumulations to much of the southern US this weekend. The storm is expected to begin Friday in Texas and Oklahoma, reaching the south-east [...]

A M 7.0 earthquake struck Anchorage, Alaska today. A tsunami warning was issued, but then cancelled. Property and infrastructure damage is being reported. The USGS tectonic summary notes the [...]

Three large wildfires are currently impacting California, causing thousands of residents to evacuate. A fire perimeter map is available for the Camp wildfire, in Butte County. For the Hill and [...]

Update October 30, 2018 – Typhoon Yutu made landfall in Luzon, northern Philippines, last night. The storm, a high category 1 equivalent, is now moving into the South China Sea. Typhoon [...]

Two M 6.8 earthquakes struck off the coast of southwest Greece last night, within half an hour. Aftershocks were also reported, and a tsunami warning was issued. The second earthquake’s [...]

Super Typhoon Yutu, the strongest tropical cyclone of 2018 to date, is moving north-west through the Pacific Ocean after passing over the Northern Mariana Islands, where the islands of Saipan and [...]

Hurricane Willa intensified rapidly over the last 24-hours and is now a category 5 storm approaching Mexico’s western coast. Landfall is estimated Tuesday afternoon between Mazatlan and [...]

Today at 10:18am local time, the Great ShakeOut 2018 edition is taking place. EigenPrism’s event catalogue contains realistic scenarios that will help you assess your exposure, as part of [...]

NOAA’s satellite imagery from Hurricane Michael is available in EigenPrism. Assessing the impact A post-event impact summary report template for Hurricane Michael has been provided to [...]

Hurricane Michael made landfall yesterday near Mexico Beach, Florida as a very powerful category 4 storm. It is the strongest storm to make US landfall since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and it is [...]

As expected, Hurricane Michael has intensified in the Gulf of Mexico, and is now a powerful category 4 storm approaching the Florida Panhandle. Our data partner MetCon has provided the following [...]

Hurricane Michael is expected to intensify as it moves across the Gulf of Mexico, with landfall expected Wednesday along the coast of the Florida Panhandle, potentially as a major hurricane. The [...]

Now a tropical depression, Rosa is bringing a substantial amount of rainfall today, creating flood potential over a large area across the US south-west, from Baja California to Phoenix Arizona. [...]

Hurricane Rosa is moving towards Baja California coast and is expected to make landfall on Monday as a tropical storm. Heavy rainfall is expected to create a high risk of flash flooding in [...]

A M 7.5 earthquake struck Palu this morning, following several tremors overnight, including one at M 6.1. The massive earthquake this morning was relatively shallow, with a depth of 10km. [...]

As of September 18, KatRisk’s updated inland flood footprint for Florence shows a reduction in flooding in central North Carolina and New Hanover County, which includes Wilmington. The [...]

Typhoon Mangkhut devastated parts of the northern Philippines on the weekend, making landfall with wind speed equivalent to a category 5 hurricane. The huge storm had weakened when it reached [...]

Inland flood risk The heavy rainfall associated with the slow moving Florence – now a tropical depression – is inundating a large area across South Carolina, North Carolina and into [...]