Study Quantifies Future Climate Change Impact on Flood Losses A new study from the nonprofit First Street Foundation projects the impact climate change may have on U.S. flood losses. Ethan's Blog » floods
Study Supports Casefor Flood Mitigationas World Warms Intensifying rainfall fueled by climate change over the past 30 years has caused nearly $75 billion in flood damage in the United States, according Ethan's Blog » floods
Expanded Triple-I Flood Risk Maps Provide Richer Perspective The Triple-I Resilience Accelerator’s flood risk visualization tool is being enhanced with: National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) data on “take-u Ethan's Blog » floods
Mangrove Insurance: Parametric + Indemnity May Aid Coastal Resilience Earlier this year, I wrote about the role mangrove forests and coral reefs play in mitigating tropical storm damage and how insurance might help pro Ethan's Blog » floods
Tropical Storm Beta Moves Toward Texas Coast Tropical Storm #Beta is forecast to make landfall in TX by tonight. Ethan's Blog » floods
If It Can Rain, It Can Flood: Buy Flood Insurance Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally’s rains have devastated parts of the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama, and the storm’s remnants are forecast to Ethan's Blog » floods
Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall as Category 2 Storm [embedded content] Hurricane Sally made landfall this morning near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 mph and Ethan's Blog » floods
Policyholder Surplus Matters: Here’s Why Perhaps the most emotionally compelling data point invoked by those who would compel insurers – through litigation and legislation – to pay busine Ethan's Blog » floods
Mangroves and Reefs: Insurance Can Help Protect Our Protectors Hurricanes and storm-related flooding are responsible for the bulk of damage from disasters in the United States, accounting for annual economic los Ethan's Blog » floods
Understanding FEMA and other flood maps On June 29 the First Street Foundation, a nonprofit research firm, released an analysis of flood risk which shows that nearly 6 million of the natio Ethan's Blog » floods