Susanna Mohr

Title: Characteristics of hail hazard in South Africa based on satellite detection of convective storms

In the context of the alpha-topic "The climate and us" the Bayerischer Rundfunk reports about our research activities (in German).

Heinz Jürgen Punge

This question is addressed by many researchers, but also insurers fear increasing losses.

Severe thunderstorms cause a lot of damage again and again. Better forecasting could reduce the danger. Researchers are collecting data in an elaborate measurement campaign and venturing into the storms.

Jannik Wilhelm: Einfluss atmosphärischer Umgebungsbedingungen auf den Lebenszyklus konvektiver Zellen in der Echtzeit-Vorhersage

Michael Kunz in an interview with Marco Kaschuba for WetterOnline about thunderstorms, hail and heavy rain.

How an extreme event becomes a natural disaster. Helmholtz in conversation with authors of the current CEDIM FDA report on the 2021 flood (In german).

Andreas Schäfer (CEDIM)

CEDIM presents report on flood disaster in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia - Damages could exceed ten billion euros.

Our challenges: Where, when and why do extreme meteorological events occur most frequently? What are associated impacts? And will extreme weather events become more frequent or more intense with human-induced #ClimateChange? @helmholtz_en #helmholtz200 #MyChallenge

Melissa Körlin

Supercell with hail moves directly over the main measurement site of the KITcube near Rottenburg am Neckar on 23.06.2021 during the SwabianMoses campaign.

Heinz Jürgen Punge

In the third episode #3 of "Karlsruhe Contributions to Climate Research", the podcast of the KIT Climate and Environment Center, Josh Bayless talks with Michael Kunz about the research topic "hail".

Susanna Mohr

Under future climate conditions, convective precipitation in urban areas will intensify.

Andreas Wieser

IMK coordinated measurement campaign "Swabian Moses" on hydro-meteorological extremes in the area of the Swabian Alb starts.

Heinz Jürgen Punge

Hailstorms cause severe damage - and as a result of climate change, they are expected to occur more frequently and more intensely in the future. To discuss the current state of hail research, the IMK-TRO hosted the 3rd European Hail Workshop from 15 to 18 March 2021.

Michael Kunz in conversation with Stefan Fuchs (Campusreport; in German)

Heinz Jürgen Punge

Hailstorms cause severe damage - and as a result of climate change, they are expected to occur more frequently and more intensely in the future. To discuss the current state of hail research, the IMK-TRO is organizing the 3rd European Hail Workshop from 15 to 18 March 2021.

Willis Re has launched a new Hail Catastrophe Risk Model which quantifies the risk from damaging hail events across South Africa. Developed in collaboration with Willis Research Network partners at IMK-TRO and NASA’s Langley Research Centre, the model delivers a robust view of hail risk for the (re)insurance market.

Michael Kunz talks about thunderstorms in southern Germany as part of the EFFEKTE series "Playing climate saviors and stories about the weather" (from approx. 57:00 min; in German).

Susanna Mohr

Title: Radar-based assessment of hail frequency in Europe

Time and again, extremely heavy rainfall devastates large regions - and with climate change, it seems likely to storm into our lives with increasing frequency. Interview with Prof. Michael Kunz as part of the Helmholtz Climate Initiative.

Journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment with the title: The effects of climate change on hailstorms