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Windstorm Dennis, the 4th named storm of the European windstorm season, is forecast to bring heavy wind and rain across Ireland and the United Kingdom on Saturday. While the storm is expected to [...]

Windstorm Ciara brought high winds, flooding and snow to the northwestern region of Europe on Saturday and Sunday. Known as Ciara in the United Kingdom, the storm is called Sabine in Germany. [...]

An expansive winter storm forecast shows snow accumulation in Midwest and Northeast US, through the end of this week. Winter Storm warnings and weather advisories have been issued and the [...]

A M 7.7 earthquake occurred in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica. The earthquake was felt as far away as Havana and Miami. The USGS noted the following commentary on [...]

A M 6.7 earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Friday. The quake also impacted Syria, Georgia and Armenia. Within 250 km of today’s event, seven other M6 or larger events have occurred over [...]

The Philippine Seismic Network has recorded over 500 volcanic earthquakes in the Taal region since January 12th. Such intense seismic activity likely signifies continuous magma [...]

A complex storm system will impact the central and eastern United States this weekend. As the system moves eastward, severe thunderstorms with the potential for flooding rainfall, high winds and [...]

A M 6.4 earthquake struck Puerto Rico early Tuesday morning, the latest and strongest in a series of quakes to impact the island in recent days. Originally reported as M 6.5, the USGS has revised [...]

A strong M 6.8 earthquake struck the southern Philippine Islands on December 15, 2019. Malaysia and Indonesia were also impacted by the event. Assessing the impact EigenPrism users can access the [...]

Historically, catastrophe risk management has been a static, reactive function, and goes something like this: Once per year during renewals, risk managers pass property portfolio data to their [...]

Typhoon Kammuri intensified rapidly as it approached the Philippine Islands, where it is expected to make landfall Tuesday morning, local time. With wind speeds equivalent to a category 3 [...]

A M 6.4 earthquake occurred in Albania early Tuesday morning local time. The epicenter was in the port city of Durres, about 36 kilometers (22 miles) from the capital Tirana. According to the [...]

Snow is forecast across much of the United States this week, creating potential travel impacts during the busiest travel week of the year. The 72-hour forecast snow accumulation footprint [...]

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High winds sparked a new wildfire 50 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles early Wednesday morning. A proximity map is not yet available for the the Easy fire (at time of posting). The Kincade [...]

Northern California’s Kincade fire continues to grow and now covers 118 square miles as crews preparing for higher winds Tuesday afternoon and into Wednesday. Current containment is 15%. In [...]

A third major earthquake has struck the southern Philippines. Today’s magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred in Cotabato province, the same region that experienced a M 6.6 earthquake on Oct 29 [...]

A statewide emergency has been declared as the California wildfires continue to threaten vast areas of the state. Over a dozen fires are burning and more than 2 million people are without power. [...]

The Kincade Fire, in Northern California, now covers 40 square miles and has destroyed or damaged at least 49 homes and structures. As of this post, it is 10% contained. The Tick Fire, burning [...]