MAP20070043432Sheets, Robert C.Eyes for the storms / Robert C. Sheets. — London : The Winchester Group, 19994 p. ; 30 cmDonación de AGERS. — Ponencia publicada en "Global reinsurance : Monte Carlo 9th-14th september : Baden Baden 21st-25th october"Today, hurricanes are a major problem for the United States and other countries in the western hemisphere. They cost huge sums either through preventative action or in pay-outs by insurers for whom the least of the bill consists of claims on policies of lives cut short. The economic and social cost is why there is a trio of centers run by the National Weather Service (NWS), which is an agency of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration within the US Department of Commerce. Two of these are the National Severe Storm Forecast Center, located in Kansas City (Missuri), and the parental National Metereological Canter near Washington (DC). The third is the National Hurricane Center (NHC) based in Miami (Florida)1. National Hurricane Center. 2. Grandes riesgos. 3. Huracanes. 4. Estados Unidos. 5. Análisis de riesgos. 6. Riesgos meteorológicos. 7. Historia. 8. Inundaciones. 9. Prevención de riesgos. 10. Conferencias. 11. Unión Europea. 12. Documento AGERS. I. The Winchester Group. II. Título.
