Severe thunderstorm activity affected large parts of Victoria, Canberra, Sydney and South-East Queensland from January 19-21. The storms produced large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding in many areas across these states. According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), there were ground reports of hail of up to 5 cm (2.5 inches) in diameter across Canberra, ... Continue Reading »
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Weather Sentinel: Last Chance to Offer Opinion
The Guy Carpenter Weather Sentinel survey to provide insight on how we can improve the real-time natural catastrophe communications will close on Friday, January 25. Your opinions on the frequency of Weather Sentinel communications, interest in broadening our peril coverage and several other topics is valuable in shaping our 2020 communications strategy. We look forward to ... Continue Reading »
CAT-i Report: Australia Bushfires – January 8, 2020
Bushfire activity in the last few months has rendered significant impacts to portions of Australia, and especially so in recent weeks with severe impacts reported in New South Wales. The bushfire activity has caused devastating impacts to human life, property, infrastructure, and wildlife. Extreme fire weather conditions across the country together with record heat and drought ... Continue Reading »
CAT-i Report: M6.4 Earthquake Offshore Southwest Puerto Rico
Southern Puerto Rico was affected by a Mw 6.4 earthquake early on January 7, 2020, after experiencing a Mw5.8 earthquake the day before. Since late December, the region had been shaken by more than 200 M4+ earthquakes. The North American and Caribbean tectonic plates converge along the southwest and west of Puerto Rico, and this was the source of the recent stronger shaking ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: How can we improve? Take our survey
The Guy Carpenter Weather Sentinel issues time-sensitive updates on important meteorological events worldwide that have the potential to impact the insurance industry. We respectfully request a few minutes of your time for a quick survey to give us more insight on how we can improve the real-time natural catastrophe communications. ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: Kincade, Getty, Easy, and Hillside Fires
Dry and windy conditions persisted across southern California Wednesday and overnight into Thursday fanning the flames of existing fires and sparking numerous new fires. Despite the difficult conditions fire suppression crews were able to gain additional containment of the Getty Fire, limiting significant further growth. The same dry and windy conditions allowed for rapid ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: Continued Extreme Fire Weather in California
Diminished winds on Tuesday allowed for increased containment and limited growth of many fires currently burning in California including the Getty Fire in Los Angeles and the Kincade Fire in Sonoma County. Fire weather conditions are expected to worsen starting Wednesday morning as a near record strength Santa Ana wind event is expected to impact southern California through ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: Extremely Critical Wildfire Weather
Overnight, firefighters took advantage of a break in Santa Ana wind conditions to enhance containment of the Kincade Fire in Northern California, and the Getty Fire in Southern California. Collectively, nearly 135 structures have been lost, while many thousands remain threatened and evacuated. Offshore flow is forecast to strengthen during the mid-day in the Bay Area and ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: Ongoing California Wildfire Activity
Ongoing dry and windy conditions across California have hampered containment and suppression efforts of already burning fires and have allowed for rapid growth of newly ignited fires. The Kincade Fire in Sonoma County grew significantly over the weekend due to increased winds, forcing large-scale evacuations. The newly ignited Getty Fire in Los Angeles has forced evacuation ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: Wildfire Activity in California
Several fires ignited yesterday across the state of California, and grew quickly under extreme fire weather conditions. As of Friday morning, 49 structures have been destroyed in the Kincade Fire, burning in Northern California near Geyserville, while the Tick Fire in Southern California has jumped Hwy 14 and is threatening communities near Santa Clarita. Fire weather c ... Continue Reading »
