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Why is it important to have an enhanced weather action plan for your business?

As our climate continues to change at a steady pace, and weather patterns change as a result, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to assume...

How Can School Districts Protect Themselves Against Severe Weather?

With the number of public weather sources available, there is always the potential that members of the community will disagree with your decision.

Tracking Historic Weather Conditions

Meet the weather forecasting partner that keeps T-Mobile one step ahead of everything from hurricanes to wildfires.

Guide: Building Policyholder Trust in the Insurance Industry

While we can’t control the weather, we are getting better at predicting it! Private weather forecasts are revolutionizing how companies prepare and respond to severe...

Applying Weather Intelligence to Your Business Decisions

Register for this webinar on how to apply predictive weather response to your business decision guidance.

Right-size your Claims Response with Advanced Weather Insights

Over the past decade, the US has experienced a record number of billion dollar disasters.

Weathering the Storm: Three Ways Banks Can Prepare for Severe Weather

Despite the fact that suspending business for a period of just a few days can lead to permanent closure within three years, only 25 percent...

5 Tips for Hurricane Season [Video]

Seven steps manufacturing can take to reduce damage from severe weather

In 2019, severe weather caused USD 232 billion in global economic losses.

[On Demand Webinar] Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook for Onshore Business | April 23, 2020

Watch our on-demand webinar and get an update from Lead Hurricane Forecaster Chris Hebert on the key global and regional indicators that shape the Atlantic...

Manufacturers Walk a Minefield of Severe Weather Risks

In 2018, severe weather resulted in USD 215 billion in economic losses globally.

Preparing Your Business for Severe Weather During a Crisis

To help support you in this hectic time, we’ve listed some steps you can take to better distribute your resources to stay ahead of any...

How Hospitals Can Prepare for Severe Weather in a Time of Crisis

While it’s hard to focus on anything but COVID-19, this year’s severe weather isn’t going anywhere.

Teaming up with a Fortune 500 company to navigate California’s 2019 wildfires

Empowered by StormGeo’s tools and resources, this Fortune 500 retail company was able to find the balance between protecting its assets and supporting their communities.

How Your Business Can Survive the Rising Flood Waters of Climate Change

With climate change, flooding is occurring more frequently and catching us unprepared.

The Most Important Tools for Creating Your Organization’s Emergency Plan

Business Continuity Part 3: With every major storm, there’s always an opportunity to make tweaks and improve your processes.

Choosing the Right Partners for Emergency Management

Business Continuity Part 2: When it comes to a severe weather event, no organization can go it alone.

How to Get Senior Management On Board Before Emergency Strikes

Business Continuity Part 1: We asked three emergency management specialists from top healthcare systems in the U. S.

How Can the Public Sector Protect Itself Against Severe Weather?

Without proper planning, agencies like schools and government can be vulnerable to natural disasters.

StormGeo Joins Urban Flood Open Knowledge Network Project Team

The UFOKN will empower decision makers and the general public by providing information on how much flooding can occur from a future event, as well...

[Webinar] Responding to Storms: Continuity Experts Share Their Lessons Learned

We gathered three emergency management experts from the top healthcare systems – HCA Healthcare, Medxcel and Texas Children’s Hospital - to share their key lessons...

Storm Warning: What Banks Need To Do When Severe Weather Strikes

A bank's response in these situations can have far-reaching implications on bottom-line variables such as customer retention, loan terms, and community engagement.

[Webinar] North America Winter Weather Outlook

Watch the webinar to learn more about the winter weather forecast for North America, plus tools to help your business plan around the weather at...

Yes, We’re Open: How Staying Open During the Storm Can Benefit Your Bank

Following the record-breaking 2008 flood which saw the river crest at 31 feet, the City of Cedar Rapids made changes to their emergency response plans...

Hurricane Recovery: Restoring Business Operations

Part 3: We outline what you’ll need to relocate your operations if there has been a significant loss.

Guide: Under the Weather

Prepare your healthcare facility for severe weather events with: solutions to the 5 major challenges emergency planners face, ways to overcome the 4 most common...

Hurricane Recovery: Phased Return to Work

Part 2: We list the necessary steps associated with returning to your primary work location following a hurricane.

Guide: How to Harness the Lifesaving Power of Twitter

Twitter could literally save your life during an emergency.

Hurricane Recovery: Assessing Damage and Staying Accountable

Part 1: We cover the steps associated with damage assessment and accounting for personnel.

Balancing Safety and Productivity in Dangerous Weather

A severe storm can destroy a facility, wipe out a job site, or put lives at risk. Appropriately responding to weather is essential.

Guide: Tracking Storms to Keep Your Business on Track

"Tracking Storms to Keep Your Business on Track: Hurricane Preparation Guide" will educate you about hurricanes and how they form, plus provide crucial checklists, resources...

How to Prepare Your Business For Hurricane Season

According to the American Red Cross, 97% of Americans have not taken the basic steps toward disaster preparedness.

Ensure Recovery by Preparing Your Disaster Plan Prior to the 2019 Hurricane Season

When a major storm is announced, retailers know that the first thing many people do is head to the store to stock up on the...

How Site-Specific Forecasts Saved Hospitals Lives and Millions by Avoiding Evacuation

Scott Cormier, VP of Emergency Management and Environment of Care for Medxcel, talks about the decision to not evacuate their hospitals during Hurricane Irma, despite...

Protecting the Dolphins at the Texas State Aquarium

The Texas State Aquarium is located on the Coastal Bend of Texas in Corpus Christi, in an ideal location on the Gulf of Mexico.

Emergency Planning For Healthcare Professionals

Fortunately, the hospital's emergency plan calls for back-up generators to keep the power on during such emergencies.

Keep Your Business Open During an Outage

Some patrons walk out, while new ones are turned away. Without electricity, staffers can’t ring up meals customers already ordered.

Health, Wealth and Weather

While Mark Twain makes two very excellent points in the grand scheme of weather and preparedness, it is true that you cannot alter the course...

Preparing Your Employees for Hurricanes

Part 3 of the Hurricane Prep for Business Series. In any business, people are your most important asset.

Planning For Recovery After a Hurricane

Part 2 of the Hurricane Prep for Business Series. According to the U. S.

Ensure Your Hurricane Plan Has the Right Timeline and Triggers

Part 1 of the Hurricane Prep for Business Series.

Will Machine Learning Make Us Rethink Chaos Theory?

“Long-term climate forecasting is impossible.

Reading Your Audience: How to Use Web Analytics to Enhance User Experience

I have always been interested in the information science field, specifically, discovering and mitigating extraneous web activity.

Protect Your Hospital From Future Storms

For hospitals and healthcare facilities, one day of weather impacted operations can mean losing millions of dollars.

Overcome 3 Common Mistakes in Your Preparedness Strategy

Though most businesses have a preparedness strategy in place, these strategies are particularly vulnerable to complacency.

Make Sure Your Small Business Stands Tall When Weather Bears Down

More than three months after the storm’s initial destruction, many business owners are still trying to find their feet, paying recovery expenses out of their...

Vulnerability Assessments: Poke Holes Beforehand So Nothing Falls Through

Unexpected events have a way of shining a bright light on a business’s greatest deficiency.

Prepare Your Business for Weather Disasters

We often overlook the risks associated with events of any magnitude until they arrive, but consider what a lack of preparedness could engender.

Prepare Your Company And Supply Chain For Hazardous Weather

Unsurprisingly, natural disasters carry heavy financial burdens. Research done for the “Annual Disaster Statistical Review” in 2013 shows these occurrences cost the U. S.

Supporting Employees Is the Most Important Part of Emergency Planning

Emergency weather planning is important for business.

Three Tips for Countering Human Error When Weather Shuts Your Facility Down

If a business has never been through a weather disaster, management and employees might not believe it until they see it or downplay the effects...

Weather Technology May Be the Key to Winter Productivity

Try as you might, you can't stop Mother Nature.

How Analyzing Weather Data Can Benefit Your Project Deadlines

Missed deadlines happen—sometimes, it’s unavoidable.

Four Ways Leadership Can Prepare Facilities for Weather Disruptions

If not, there is the very real risk for huge revenue losses, crippling facility damage, staff and operational turmoil, and compromised customer service, all of...

Emergency Weather Preparedness: Lessons from Hurricane Hermine

As it lingered in the Atlantic and threatened the Jersey Shore, Gov. Chris Christie declared a state of emergency.

3 Ways Customized Weather Solutions Pay Off for Businesses

Companies do this even when stakes are high, relying on free weather apps and TV forecasts to track storms in their areas, thinking they’re saving...

Texas Medical Center Approaches StormGeo For Flood Solution

The Texas Medical Center (TMC), located in Houston, TX, is no stranger to flooding.

Prepare Your Hospital For Tornado Season

In this guest post, Scott Jeffries, industry manager of onshore corporate services for a provider of professional weather services, provides advice on key areas for...

How Hospitals Create Unbreakable Supply Chains During Storms

And while hospitals are required to be stocked and self-sufficient for up to 96 hours, that doesn't mean all of those supplies are on site.

How to Weather a Potential Business Storm Using Data

Rightfully so, weather factors into how we approach these subjects.

Predicting Marine Fog Means Fewer Shut-Downs for Refineries

This type of fog can impact ports all around the world, at just about any time of year, as is the case in San Francisco...

Don't Let the Next Weather-Related Outage Leave You Light on Recourse

Whether it’s sending executives to travel abroad or trying to not to strand employees due to facility breakdowns, Target uses advanced weather technology and other...

Fog Forecasting Service

Imagine having as much as 120 hours to reschedule incoming supplies and outgoing product, or avoiding a shut-down because of the foresight to clear warehouses...

[Webinar] Why You Need More Than a Simple Weather Forecast

Watch the webinar to learn about the tools you need to strategically respond to weather’s effect on your operations.