Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - The Risk of tropical cyclones in Brazil : ten years after the first tropical cyclone ever recorded in the South Atlantic, we investigate the possibility and potential impact of another event like it

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The Risk of tropical cyclones in Brazil : ten years after the first tropical cyclone ever recorded in the South Atlantic, we investigate the possibility and potential impact of another event like it / Remo Beerli, Peter Zimmerli, Marc Wüest. — Zurich : Swiss Reinsurance Company, cop. 2014

Sumario: In the insurance industry, to call a risk insignificant can be a dangerous claim to make. Nature has surprised the world time and time again with catastrophes that were beyond widely held beliefs. Such an event occurred in 2004 when we saw the first tropical cyclone ever confirmed off the coast of Brazil. Ten years on, a new scientific study explores the main atmospheric conditions that influence tropical cyclones in the South Atlantic. Its findings are featured in this publication. They point towards an important observation: while the generally low number of storms in this region can be explained convincingly, Brazil is not free from tropical cyclone risk

1. Seguro de riesgos extraordinarios . 2. Catástrofes naturales . 3. Riesgos meteorológicos . 4. Ciclones . 5. Brasil . I. Zimmerli, Peter . II. Wüest, Marc . III. Swiss Reinsurance Company . IV. Title.