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# November 16, 2016: San Adreas Damage Warning, Wetlands Avoid Storm Loss and an Insurance-Backed Rebuilding Boom After Alberta Wildfire
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/november-16-2016-san-adreas-damage-warning-wetlands-avoid-storm-loss-insurance-backed-rebuilding-boom-alberta-wildfire/
- Published: 2016-11-16T09:55:26.000Z
- Updated: 2016-11-16T09:55:26.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Public Health Officials See Flu Pandemic As Greatest Disease Threat](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/11/15/public-health-officials-see-flu-pandemic-as-greatest-disease-threat/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (sub may be required)](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/11/15/public-health-officials-see-flu-pandemic-as-greatest-disease-threat/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Leading public health officials said that a worldwide influenza pandemic threatening millions of people is the greatest international infectious-disease threat they can envision.

### [Climate Study Explores Link Between Arctic Warming and Extreme Weather](http://phys.org/news/2016-11-climate-explores-link-arctic-extreme.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Phys.org](http://phys.org/news/2016-11-climate-explores-link-arctic-extreme.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Scientists have begun work on a major new study to explore how the warming Arctic climate could be influencing the weather in Britain and beyond.

### [During Sandy, Wetlands Averted US $625-Million in Damages](https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/during-sandy-wetlands-averted-us-625-million-damages?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Hakai Magazine](https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/during-sandy-wetlands-averted-us-625-million-damages?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A new analysis confirms the protective role played by wetlands.

### [Oil-Rich Texas takes Closer Look at Earthquakes](http://www.upi.com/Oil-rich-Texas-takes-closer-look-at-earthquakes/7021479291584/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [UPI](http://www.upi.com/Oil-rich-Texas-takes-closer-look-at-earthquakes/7021479291584/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Neighboring shale-rich Oklahoma recorded more than a dozen small quakes in the past week.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Report: Major Quake in San Andreas Fault Could be Twice as Damaging as Previously Thought](http://www.pe.com/articles/earthquake-818653-san-percent.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Press Enterprise](http://www.pe.com/articles/earthquake-818653-san-percent.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A newly released analysis from CoreLogic reveals that a major earthquake along the San Andreas fault could damage twice as many homes as previously thought.

### [Sydney Homeowners Face Properties Being Reduced in Value Because of Climate ](http://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/sydney-homeowners-face-properties-being-reduced-in-value-because-of-climate-change-climate-risk-group-says-20161115-gsq5mu.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)[Change](http://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/sydney-homeowners-face-properties-being-reduced-in-value-because-of-climate-change-climate-risk-group-says-20161115-gsq5mu.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Sydney Morning Herald](http://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/sydney-homeowners-face-properties-being-reduced-in-value-because-of-climate-change-climate-risk-group-says-20161115-gsq5mu.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

“You can build a house which is insurable tomorrow, but is wholly unsuitable 30 years down the track”

### [Optimism Emerges Among Reinsurance CEOs](http://mobile.royalgazette.com/re-insurance/article/20161115/optimism-emerges-among-reinsurance-ceos&template=mobileart?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Royal Gazette](http://mobile.royalgazette.com/re-insurance/article/20161115/optimism-emerges-among-reinsurance-ceos&template=mobileart?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

CEOs on the panel said they were pleased with the progress in the rate environment — which may have reached a bottom.

### [Wildfire Rebuilding to Boost Alberta Growth, Jobs in 2017 – Report](http://www.reuters.com/article/canada-economy-wildfire-idUSL1N1DG0T9?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/canada-economy-wildfire-idUSL1N1DG0T9?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The insurance industry will be responsible for covering the brunt of that cost with the industry estimating claims at C$3.6 billion.