Science Disasters Program News Today

Willis Re launches new hail catastrophe risk model for South Africa Willis Re launches new hail catastrophe risk model for South Africa Willis Re has launched a new Hail Catastrophe Risk model quantifying the risk from damaging hail events across South Africa. Rivers of ice in Benoni, South Africa flood 2021 | Credit: NDNews Weather Willis Re has launched a new hail catastrophe risk model quantifying the risk from damaging hail events across South Africa. Willis Re is a leading reinsurance brok...

On May 3, the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupted from new fissures and sent lava flowing over streets and neighborhoods. As the disaster response on the ground lead by the U.S. Geological Survey kicked into gear, managers from NASA’s Earth Science Disasters Program heard from response agencies and sent out a call to NASA’s own […]