• New forecasting models for August hurricane activity and US landfalling hurricanes⁷, ⁵⁵
• Geological data improve Atlantic hurricane catalogue³⁷, ¹⁵
• New studies shed light on historical storminess in the Atlantic Basin⁵⁸, ³³, ¹³
• European cyclone numbers continue to fall³⁸
• Scheme presented for collating and estimating UK windstorm damage to buildings⁶

Geological hazards

• Pacific submarine earthquakes most efficient at generating tsunami off Indonesia, the Philippines and South America²⁴
• Major tsunami threat identified off the west coast of Japan²⁸
• Future risk of Caribbean tsunami highlighted²³
• Second great Sumatra quake predicted and seismic risk in the region remains high⁴³, ⁴⁶
• Short-term aftershock prediction model developed for California²²
• Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis approach questioned¹, ³⁵
• New earthquake loss estimation model based on building displacement¹²
• Loss estimation methodologies developed for the real-estate business⁴⁹, ⁵⁰
• Twentieth century earthquake catalogue for Greece announced⁹
• Seismic risk quantified for Istanbul and the Marmara Sea region¹⁸
• 2004 Niigata earthquake triggers thousands of landslides⁵⁶
• 260 large North Atlantic submarine landslides logged²⁹
• Volcanic risk ranking developed for Auckland, New Zealand⁴⁰, ⁴¹

Hydrological hazards

• Separating out uncertainties shown to improve flood frequency analysis⁴⁴
• A generic evaluation of flood damage to buildings³⁴
• Study reveals precipitation responsible for 2002 Czech floods could have been heavier⁵³

Climate change

• The 2003 European heat wave is attributed to human activities⁶⁰
• Human-induced global warming is penetrating the oceans²
• Climate change is likely to bring more damaging hurricanes⁶²
• More intense depressions and more damaging winds are predicted for Europe³⁶