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MYRISK IMPROVEMENTS Site enhancements increase awareness and add risk control for clients Natural hazards like windstorm earthquake and flood comprise a significant portion of the risk our clients face MyRisk the client portal that delivers essential risk manage ment information tools and solutions now boasts three unique features that will help mitigate these risks The first new feature is a flood map developed by FM Global researchers of the Weser River Basin in Germany Since the release of digital flood maps in the United States in 2011 FM Global has undertaken a project to produce flood maps for regions of the world where little or outdated loca tion mapping exists The Weser River Basin in Germany was selected as a starting point because the area is well understood and the data is readily available The outcome of this project is a detailed flood map for the Weser Basin that is comparable to the flood maps currently in use for the area Other enhancements to MyRisk include the addition of Historical Storms and His torical Earthquake Epicenter map layers The Historical Storm maps show the tracks landfall locations and wind footprints of 13 hurricanes since 2003 Hurricane Katrina 2005 and Hurricane Sandy 2012 are included in the 13 hurricanes Additionally the Historical Storms feature allows clients to view the landfall locations for U S land fall hurricanes since 1900 These MyRisk enhancements provide clients with unprecedented access to flood maps and historical information with the goal of preventing loss and improving resil ience The map enhancements are accessible through the Map Center tool FM Global FMGlobal Find out and share what s happening FMGlobal in less than 140 characters Follow us on Twitter Pls RT twitter com FMGlobal twitter com FMGlobal Tweets Tweets and replies FM Global FMGlobal WHEN YOU RE RESILIENT YOU RE IN BUSINESS