Consecutive storms continue to hit Vietnam and affect the surrounding countries of Thailand and Cambodia. According to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in Vietnam, downpours and multiple landslides have kille…
Typhoon Chan-hom is targeted to hit Japan by the end of this week, with forecasts calling for heavy rainfall up to 100-200 millimeters near where the storm tracks in southern Japan. This can increase the risk for flooding and mudslides in the region.…
Delta has rapidly intensified into a Category 2 hurricane in the Caribbean Sea. It's expected to continue strengthening into a major hurricane, at least of Category 3 or 4 status, before passing very near Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula by Wednesday. This…
Alex brought fierce winds and torrential rain to France, causing serious damage from floods and landslides. Roads, bridges and homes were destroyed in a number of villages north of Nice. French Prime Minister Jean Castex deployed the army and release…
Sedgwick's Stephen Hope, head of major and complex losses in Asia, discusses the typhoon that was far less destructive than early forecasts suggested
Alison Unwin, head of domestic major loss and ARN at Sedgwick International UK, comments on last Tuesday’s quake and how insurance professionals are taking a more sceptical view of property claims due to ‘very minor’ tremors
Hurricane Teddy continues to move north with forecasters expecting the storm to stay east of Bermuda before becoming a more powerful hurricane. It’s anticipated to cause rainfall of up to six inches ahead of striking Canada later this week as a post-…
Noul, also known as Typhoon No. 5, made landfall in Vietnam on Friday, triggering heavy rain in the central part of the country, downing trees and damaging hundreds of homes. The local weather agency downgraded the storm to a low pressure system, tho…
Probable path of Hurricane Sally Hurricane Sally Sally, the seventh hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season, is crawling toward the Gulf Coast as a category 1.The storm is currently located about 105 miles south-southeast of Biloxi, Mississippi, and …
Tropical Storm Nana formed Tuesday in the Caribbean Sea and is tracking toward landfall, most likely in Belize, by early Thursday. The storm may become a hurricane just prior to landfall, possibly bringing storm surge flooding and damaging winds. Nan…
Bavi, the season's eighth typhoon, is one of this year's most powerful storms. It ripped through the resort island of Jeju and other southern regions on Wednesday, knocking out power, flooding roads and toppling trees. The typhoon reached waters off …
This article includes comments from Neil Gibson, chief operating officer at Sedgwick UK
A destructive derecho stormed through a long stretch of the Midwest on Monday, bringing torrential rain and dangerous straight-line winds to Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. With wind gusts up to 112 mph, the derecho moved from far southeastern South Dako…
Tropical Storm Isaias Isaias made landfall in North Carolina as a category 1 hurricane late Monday causing coastal flooding, structural fires and collapses, and power outages for more than 500,000 homes and businesses. Now downgraded to a tropi…
Hurricane Isaias is brewing and forecasted to impact the islands of the northern Caribbean and the southeastern U.S. with heavy rain, winds and building seas. With hurricane season upon us and activity in the Atlantic starting to heat up, Sedgwick ha…