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# October 13, 2014
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/october-13-2014/
- Published: 2014-10-13T09:35:46.000Z
- Updated: 2014-10-13T09:35:46.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [UM’s New Research Tank Might Hold Key to Hurricane Forecasts](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article2684450.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Miami Herald](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article2684450.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Powered by a 1,400-horsepower engine, the tank will let scientists map Category 5 hurricanes in three dimensions for the first time.

### [Typhoon Vongfong Heads for Kansai; 40 Hurt, One Missing](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/13/national/typhoon-vongfong-slams-into-japan/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VDuul74oiYU)

#### [Japan Times](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/13/national/typhoon-vongfong-slams-into-japan/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VDuul74oiYU)

The season’s 19th typhoon is likely to sweep through the rest of the archipelago on Tuesday.

### [300,000 Evacuated as Strong Cyclone Hits Eastern India](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/13/world/asia/cyclone-hudhud.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/13/world/asia/cyclone-hudhud.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Close to 300,000 people were evacuated from their homes in parts of the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh as of Sunday evening,

### [Cities, States Scramble After Dallas’s Ebola Missteps Expose Planning Gaps](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/12/health-ebola-planning-idUSL2N0S602U20141012?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/12/health-ebola-planning-idUSL2N0S602U20141012?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

State and city plans for handling the deadly virus are based on generic recommendations for everything from measles to floods, to hurricanes and dirty bombs.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Prepping for the Next Superstorm, NYC Tries to Fill in FEMA’s Blanks](http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/nyc-flooding-climate-change-resilience-hurricane-sandy?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Next City](http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/nyc-flooding-climate-change-resilience-hurricane-sandy?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

New federal flood maps have increased the number of affected structures by 101 percent over the last set of maps

### [Derivatives Dated to 1,700 B.C. by Insurance Executive](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-10/axa-cites-marriage-of-jacob-in-defending-derivatives.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-10/axa-cites-marriage-of-jacob-in-defending-derivatives.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

To fight wrong-headed oversight, insurers traditionally turn to lobbyists and lawmakers.

### [Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Fizzles on IPO](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0750e854-52b0-11e4-a236-00144feab7de.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz3G1SoN2WY)

#### [FT (Sub may be required)](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0750e854-52b0-11e4-a236-00144feab7de.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz3G1SoN2WY)

Shares in activist investor Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square closed-ended fund plunged as much as 10.8 per cent during its stock market debut in Amsterdam on Monday morning.

### [Scott, Crist Split on Approach to Property Insurance](http://www.floridatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/10/10/scott-crist-split-approach-property-insurance/17051631/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Florida Today](http://www.floridatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/10/10/scott-crist-split-approach-property-insurance/17051631/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A hurricane hasn’t made landfall in Florida in nearly nine years, but that hasn’t kept property-insurance rates from increasing or becoming a bigger concern for homeowners.