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As 2018 comes to a close, we would like to wish you a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of RiskWatch a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 3.
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CNN
From May 17: Hawaii warned residents and airplanes to stay away after a plume of ash from the Kilauea volcano rose 12,000 feet into the air.
Since the Kilauea volcano erupted May 3, it's been one nightmare after another for residents in the southeast part of the Big Island.
The U.S. Geological Survey issued a red alert Tuesday, which means a major eruption is imminent or underway and ash could affect air traffic.
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Property Casualty 360
From Nov. 15: California’s deadly wildfires have a straightforward solution, experts say: stop building homes in places that are likely to burn — and make homes that already exist in those areas a whole lot tougher.
That approach, wildfire and climate policy experts are quick to add, would be expensive and unpopular, especially in a state with both a housing shortage and stunning wooded landscapes that people want to live in.
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Business Insurance
From June 7: Insurance coverage for malicious attacks continues to evolve due to the morphing nature of modes of attack and chosen weapons, challenging insurers and policyholders to keep up with a changing threat and coverage landscape, according to a panel speaking at the Public Risk Management Association's annual conference in Indianapolis. Even the name of the coverage has changed more than once, one panelist said.
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Homeland Security News Wire
From Oct. 18: It is nearing the end of a highly destructive hurricane season in the United States. The devastation of Hurricane Florence in North and South Carolina caused more than 1.4 million customers to lose power and Hurricane Michael has cut service to an estimated 900,000 customers in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
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Governing
From Sept. 27: A growing number of American workers are abandoning their commutes.
The latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau published last week show that approximately 8 million workers primarily work from home. That makes telework now second behind only driving as the most common means of getting to work, exceeding public transportation for the first time.
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Nextgov
From May 10: The Army is joining forces with Uber to build out technology that could help get the next generation of military helicopters and a proposed fleet of flying taxis off the ground.
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Victoria Advocate
From May 31: Get ready. That's the message, as it is every year. Forecasters predict a near- or above-normal Atlantic hurricane season this year with a 70 percent likelihood of 10 to 16 named storms with winds of 39 mph or higher. A weak El Nino developing, along with near-average sea-surface temperatures across the tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, are two of the factors driving this outlook. These factors are set upon a backdrop of atmospheric and oceanic conditions that are conducive to hurricane development and have been producing stronger hurricane seasons in the Atlantic since 1995.
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Inc.
From Aug. 23: Generation Z is known mostly as the generation to proceed millennials and they are currently classified as the demographic born after 1996. Over the past decades, millennials have taken much of the limelight and have been a primary focus of sales and marketing teams. Times are changing. Gen Z are finally overtaking the spotlight from their more well known predecessors.
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Government Technology
From June 21: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that 2017 was the most expensive year on record for disasters in the U.S., estimating $306 billion in total damage. The FBI also reported 2017 as having the most incidents and the most people killed in any one year by active shooters.
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Business Insider via San Antonio Express-News
From July 26: It's been nearly a year since Hurricane Harvey brought 130 mph winds and rain that fell up to four inches per hour on Texas' Gulf Coast.
While climate change didn't cause Harvey, scientists say a warmer planet likely made the storm worse. Plus, higher sea levels — due to climate change and human disruptions (like oil drilling) have changed the ocean and land levels — encouraged destructive flooding as the stormwater rose.
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