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# January 27, 2017: Heat and Flood Connection, Buffett Goes Retro and Shooting Tsunamis
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/january-27-2017-heat-flood-connection-buffett-goes-retro-shooting-tsunamis/
- Published: 2017-01-27T07:36:14.000Z
- Updated: 2017-01-27T07:36:14.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

### Risk Science & Finance: What You Need to Read Today

[How A Deadly Heat Wave Led To Disastrous Floods 2,000 Miles Away](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-a-deadly-heat-wave-led-to-disastrous-floods-2000-miles-away/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*FiveThirtyEight*  
Mesoscale convective systems are starting to be understood.

[Warren Buffett Extends his Dominance of Retroactive Reinsurance](http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21715687-berkshire-hathaway-completes-largest-purchase-ever-long-tail-reinsurance?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*The Economist*  
Berkshire Hathaway completes the largest purchase ever of “long-tail” reinsurance risks.

[New Weather Satellites Can Spot Floods Before They Happen](https://www.wired.com/2017/01/new-weather-satellites-can-spot-floods-happen/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*Wired*  
With GOES-16’s, scientists can monitor everything from poisonous sulfur dioxide emissions from volcanic eruptions to melting snowpacks

[Reinsurers ‘Might Want to Re-Negotiate’ in Aftermath of Kaikoura](http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/88338856/reinsurers-might-want-to-renegotiate-in-aftermath-of-kaikoura?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*Stuff.nz*  
Insurance Council CEO has said international reinsurers were “mildly interested but not deeply disturbed” by the Kaikoura damage.

[Can Underwater Sonar Canons Stop a Tsunami in Its Tracks?](http://www.upi.com/Science%5FNews/2017/01/25/Can-underwater-sonar-canons-stop-a-tsunami-in-its-tracks/4971485367316/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*UPI*  
“This study has provided proof-of-concept that devastating tsunamis could be mitigated by using acoustic-gravity waves.”