Hazard Tracking & Event Tools

The primary global source for earthquake data. Interactive map showing current and historical earthquakes filterable by date, magnitude, and depth. Used by practitioners to verify event parameters (Mw, depth, coordinates) immediately after an event.

Real-time earthquake monitoring for the European and Mediterranean region: Turkey, Greece, Italy, Romania, the Caucasus, and North Africa. Also provides felt reports from the public within minutes of a significant event; useful for rapid impact assessment.

Japan's national seismic hazard portal is probabilistic hazard maps, fault databases, and ground amplification data. Provides Vs30 and soil classification data that drives amplification calculations. The same datasets that underpin Japanese vendor model calibration.

Live tsunami warning status and interactive map covering all ocean basins. Used alongside earthquake tracking when a large subduction zone earthquake occurs, check here immediately to assess whether a warning has been issued and which coastlines are in the warning zone. Critical for coastal portfolio accumulation assessment during an active event.

Modelled ground motion intensity maps (PGA, PGV, MMI) published within minutes of any significant earthquake globally. The first source to check for hazard footprint after an earthquake before vendor models release event footprints. Shows spatial distribution of shaking intensity, useful for rapid accumulation triage.

Primary source for Atlantic and Eastern Pacific hurricane tracking. Official track forecasts, intensity estimates, warning cone graphics, and wind speed probability products. The first place to go during Atlantic hurricane season. Wind speed probability products are more useful for accumulation assessment than the track cone they show probability of specific wind speeds at each location rather than a binary in/out-of-cone view.

Japan's official source for Western Pacific typhoon tracking Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam, and China. The authoritative source for typhoon risk in Asia. Provides track forecasts, intensity data, and historical typhoon records.

India's official meteorological agency primary source for Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea cyclone tracking, affecting India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Oman. Essential during pre-monsoon (April–June) and post-monsoon (October–December) cyclone seasons for Indian Ocean basin portfolios. Also provides flood and severe weather warnings across the subcontinent.

The official US military source for Western Pacific and Indian Ocean cyclone warnings covering typhoons, tropical cyclones in the Indian Ocean, and Southern Hemisphere systems. Used alongside JMA and IMD as a second authoritative source.

Professional-grade tropical cyclone tracking with multi-model ensemble track comparison showing GFS, ECMWF, and regional model guidance side by side. The go-to tool for practitioners who want model consensus and uncertainty range rather than just the official forecast track. Far more informative than WunderMap or Weather Underground for professional track analysis across all global basins.

Australia's authoritative meteorological source cyclone tracking for the Australian region (November–April season), flood warnings, fire weather, and severe thunderstorm alerts. The single most important tool for Australian portfolio monitoring covers the full Australian cat peril suite in one place.

The official typhoon warning authority for the Philippines, one of the world's highest typhoon exposure markets. Issues public storm warning signals (PSWS) that drive evacuation and commercial activity decisions. Used alongside JMA and JTWC for Philippines portfolio monitoring.

Interactive map of historical Atlantic hurricane tracks from the full HURDAT2 database. Search by storm name, year, location, or wind speed. Useful for portfolio context: visualise all storms that have tracked within a given radius of a specific location over the historical record; relevant to underwriting coastal accumulations and understanding return period of historical events.

Real-time storm surge modelling for active US Gulf and Atlantic Coast hurricanes based on the current NHC official track. Critical for US coastal accumulation: provides the surge footprint that standard wind-only cat models do not. Updates as the NHC track shifts. Particularly valuable when surge is the primary loss driver.

Live UK flood warning map showing current flood alerts, warnings, and severe warnings by river catchment. Also provides interactive flood risk mapping showing modelled flood extents for planning purposes. Essential for UK flood event monitoring the EA warning system is the primary operational data source.

Global flood forecasting system providing 30-day ahead flood hazard forecasts for river basins worldwide. Particularly valuable for Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East where national flood warning systems are less developed. Covers all major river basins including the Ganges, Mekong, Niger, Nile, Amazon, and Danube.

Interactive map showing US coastal flood exposure combining sea level rise scenarios, storm surge potential, and existing coastal development. Useful for coastal portfolio assessment: visualise the intersection of insured coastal property and modelled inundation zones across different sea level rise scenarios.

Near-real-time satellite-based flood extent mapping for active flood events globally using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery, effective even under cloud cover. Covers Asia, Africa, and the Middle East as well as European events, critically useful during monsoon season when optical satellites cannot see through persistent cloud cover. Products are freely downloadable for GIS overlay against insured portfolios.

Live and recent California wildfire tracking incident locations, perimeters, and containment status, updated regularly by CAL FIRE field teams. The first source to check during California fire season. Perimeter data gives an early indication of the fire footprint before vendor models release event footprints. Particularly useful for identifying whether a fire is in or approaching known WUI zones with insured residential exposure.

Global active fire detection from NASA MODIS and VIIRS satellites, updated every few hours, covering 24 hours, 48 hours, and 7 days. The global wildfire tracking tool, while CAL FIRE covers California, FIRMS covers Australian bushfires, Southern European fires, Canadian wildfires, Chilean fires, and any other global wildfire event. Downloadable in shapefile and KML formats for GIS overlay against insured portfolios.

Real-time fire monitoring and fire danger forecasting for Europe and the Mediterranean Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and North Africa. Provides active fire maps, FWI-based fire danger forecast, and post-fire burned area mapping. The European equivalent of CAL FIRE and NASA FIRMS combined with an added forecast component that shows elevated danger zones before fires start. Expanded global coverage available.

Weekly updated drought severity maps for the United States D0 (abnormally dry) through D4 (exceptional drought). A leading indicator for wildfire risk: prolonged drought drives fuel moisture to critical levels and the Drought Monitor provides the upstream signal of elevated wildfire danger before FWI thresholds are reached. Also relevant for agricultural and contingency cat risk assessment in the US market.

Satellite imagery timeline tool, step through historical dates to see how a wildfire event evolved and spread. Useful for post-event analysis: visualise the smoke plume, fire front progression, and eventual burn scar extent for any major wildfire globally. Resolution is moderate but the timeline function is uniquely useful for understanding event footprint development and comparing pre- and post-event landscapes.

Real-time US severe convective storm tracking tornado watches and warnings, severe thunderstorm alerts, hail size reports, and wind gust observations. Provides convective outlooks (Day 1, 2, 3) showing probabilistic severe weather risk areas. SCS is now the largest source of US cat insured losses for three consecutive years, this tool is operationally essential for US commercial property practitioners during spring and summer convective season.

The primary database for European severe convective weather events hail, tornadoes, severe wind gusts, heavy rainfall, and waterspouts collected from meteorological services and eyewitness reports across Europe. Used for European SCS model calibration and historical event research. Hail size distribution and track data are particularly valuable for practitioners pricing European commercial property with significant hail exposure.

Post-event satellite and drone imagery for US events hurricanes, floods, and wildfires typically available within 24-72 hours of a major event. Particularly useful for claims validation: if a large risk is driving your modelled loss estimate, check whether the property was visibly damaged or undamaged and adjust accordingly. One of the most practically useful post-event tools available for US market practitioners managing large individual risk exposures.

Satellite-based rapid damage assessment maps for major disasters globally floods, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, and humanitarian crises. Produces delineation maps (extent of affected area), grading maps (damage severity by structure), and reference maps. The global equivalent of NOAA Emergency Response Imagery covers events in Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Latin America where no equivalent US tool exists. Products freely downloadable as GIS files.

A UN/EC cooperation framework providing automatic alerts and impact assessments for major sudden-onset disasters globally earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, volcanoes, and forest fires. Each event receives a colour-coded alert level (Green / Orange / Red) based on estimated population impact. The single most useful daily monitoring tool for global portfolios - one page, all perils, all geographies, with impact severity already assessed. Check at the start of each working day.

Real-time multi-hazard monitoring platform covering earthquakes, floods, cyclones, volcanoes, and conflict events globally. Particularly strong Asia-Pacific coverage aggregates multiple data sources into a single operational view useful at the start of the working day to identify overnight events affecting monitored portfolios. Good complement to GDACS for practitioners with significant Asia-Pacific exposure.