Hurricanes and typhoons could be monitored from hundreds of miles away with relatively inexpensive instruments like barometers and anemometers, much like earthquakes are monitored by seismometers, a new study has found. The study, titled Spiral Gravity Waves Radiating from Tropical…
Tropical cyclones throughout the world in September have cost the global economy more than US$4 billion, according to the latest edition of Aon Benfield’s Global Catastrophe Recap report, released on Thursday. The Global Catastrophe Recap, from Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s…