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# January 21, 2016: Storm Surge Threat for East Coast Blizzard, Citizens Shrinks to New Record and the NFIP is Back on the Table
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/storm-surge-threat-for-east-coast-blizzard-citizens-shrinks-to-new-record-and-the-nfip-is-back-on-the-table/
- Published: 2016-01-21T07:19:38.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-21T07:19:38.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Blizzard Storm Surge Could Rival an East Coast Hurricane Landfall](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the%5Fslatest/2016/01/20/blizzard%5Fjonas%5Fstorm%5Fsurge%5Fcould%5Fcause%5Frecord%5Fflooding.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Salte](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the%5Fslatest/2016/01/20/blizzard%5Fjonas%5Fstorm%5Fsurge%5Fcould%5Fcause%5Frecord%5Fflooding.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Lost in all the discussion of snow looms a coastal flood threat that could rival some of the strongest storms ever to hit the Northeast.

### [Washington, D.C., Hasn’t Seen a Blizzard Like This in Nearly 100 Years](http://mashable.com/2016/01/20/washington-dc-blizzard-east-coast/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#LYUQ1eYSWgqi)

#### [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2016/01/20/washington-dc-blizzard-east-coast/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#LYUQ1eYSWgqi)

It could be one of the top three largest snowstorms of all time in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore.

### [Rising Sea Levels Won’t Doom U.S. Coastal Cities](https://hbr.org/2016/01/rising-sea-levels-wont-doom-u-s-coastal-cities?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Harvard Business Review](https://hbr.org/2016/01/rising-sea-levels-wont-doom-u-s-coastal-cities?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

America’s coastal cities are going to adapt, get ahead of climate change, and be just fine.

### [Fleet of Sensors Heads into the Heart of El Niño](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fleet-of-sensors-heads-into-the-heart-of-el-nino/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Scientific American](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fleet-of-sensors-heads-into-the-heart-of-el-nino/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Specially outfitted planes, a research ship and hundreds of weather balloons aim to improve forecasts for strong storms.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Insurer Citizens Shrinks Past Historic Milestone: Below 500,000](http://protectingyourpocket.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2016/01/20/insurer-citizens-shrinks-past-historic-milestone-below-500000/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Palm Beach Post](http://protectingyourpocket.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2016/01/20/insurer-citizens-shrinks-past-historic-milestone-below-500000/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Company officials cited “a reinvigorated private insurance market, affordable reinsurance and favorable weather” — including a decade with no hurricane making landfall in Florida.

### [Baidu Looks to Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Insurance Risks](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-20/baidu-looks-to-artificial-intelligence-to-reduce-insurance-risks?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-20/baidu-looks-to-artificial-intelligence-to-reduce-insurance-risks?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

“In insurance and consumer loans, A.I. and machine learning can help you identify all the patterns to help you reduce risk.”

### [Group Seeks Legislation to Force Insurance Cover for Flood-Prone Areas](http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/group-seeks-legislation-to-force-insurance-cover-for-flood-prone-areas-377288.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Irish Examiner](http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/group-seeks-legislation-to-force-insurance-cover-for-flood-prone-areas-377288.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Taoiseach Enda Kenny asked senior executives of Aviva, Alliance, Axa, Zurich, FBD, AIG, and RSA to reflect on the current level of insurance cover being provided.

### [Deadly Floods Create New Urgency for Insurance Reform](http://thehill.com/policy/finance/266390-deadly-floods-create-new-urgency-for-insurance-reform?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Hill](http://thehill.com/policy/finance/266390-deadly-floods-create-new-urgency-for-insurance-reform?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

With the NFIP set to expire in September 2017, some members of Congress say the time has come to pass legislation that pushed a private market solution.