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# January 15, 2016: Making the Extreme Weather, Climate Link and Real Estate Focuses on Catastrophe Frequency
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/january-15-2016-making-the-extreme-weather-climate-link-and-real-estate-focuses-on-catastrophe-frequency/
- Published: 2016-01-15T07:05:41.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-15T07:05:41.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Q&A: How Scientists Link Extreme Weather to Climate Change](http://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-scientists-link-extreme-weather-to-climate-change?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Carbon Brief](http://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-scientists-link-extreme-weather-to-climate-change?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A look at the research a discussion with experts on the science behind attributing extreme weather events to human-caused climate change.

### [Ebola Death in Sierra Leone Follows Report of Outbreak’s End](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/16/world/africa/ebola-sierra-leone.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/16/world/africa/ebola-sierra-leone.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Just one day after the World Health Organization declared the end to the biggest outbreak of Ebola, a body in Sierra Leone had tested positive for the virus.

### [Training Scenarios for Complicated, Simultaneous Disasters and Interference](http://phys.org/news/2016-01-scenarios-complicated-simultaneous-disasters.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Phys.org](http://phys.org/news/2016-01-scenarios-complicated-simultaneous-disasters.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A Japanese research project developed an evaluation platform that validates the disaster tolerance and fault tolerance of wide-area distribution systems consisting of multiple computers on a network.

### [Massive East River Storm Barrier Will Also Be A Cool New Park](http://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/massive-east-river-storm-barrier-will-also-be-a-cool-new-park-011416?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Time Out New York](http://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/massive-east-river-storm-barrier-will-also-be-a-cool-new-park-011416?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A proposal is moving forward for what’s essentially one long storm-resistant park running from Battery Park to 23rd Street. It’s name is the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, or more colloquially, the Dryline.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Managing the Risk of a Big Event in Real Estate Getting Bigger](http://nreionline.com/finance-investment/managing-risk-big-event-real-estate-getting-bigger?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [National Real Estate Investor](http://nreionline.com/finance-investment/managing-risk-big-event-real-estate-getting-bigger?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

In the real estate industry companies are not only planning for a Black Swan event, but for more frequent and costly natural catastrophe events to occur.

### [Summer Natural Catastrophe Losses Pass $500m](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/summer-natural-catastrophe-losses-pass-500m/news-story/2c3ebb7d5b37296cd40e0fe44ec1bf3d?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Australian Financial Review](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/summer-natural-catastrophe-losses-pass-500m/news-story/2c3ebb7d5b37296cd40e0fe44ec1bf3d?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Insurance losses from a string of natural catastrophes across Australia over the first half of summer have passed the half-a-billion dollar mark.

### [State-Run Insurer Citizens Plans Some Insurance Rate Reductions](http://theadvocate.com/news/neworleans/neworleansnews/14574776-65/state-run-insurer-citizens-plans-some-insurance-rate-reductions?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Advocate](http://theadvocate.com/news/neworleans/neworleansnews/14574776-65/state-run-insurer-citizens-plans-some-insurance-rate-reductions?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

“The biggest driver … is the reduction in the cost of reinsurance.”

### [Water Loss Claims Changing the Math for Citizens](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-viewpoint-citizens-20160114-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Sun Sentinel](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-viewpoint-citizens-20160114-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A rise in South Florida rates is directly linked to an alarming spike in non-catastrophic losses, especially water loss claims.