The 'Great Shakeout,' an annual earthquake drill that started in Southern California in 2008, will happen on Oct. 19 at 10:19 a.m. local time around the world.
Losses on this scale, which at the upper end would be the highest on record in a single year, could weaken capital at some reinsurers and increase the risk of rating downgrades.
Rain gauges are reporting more than 51 inches of rain from Tropical Storm Harvey the most rain ever recorded in the contiguous U.S. from a tropical storm that made landfall.
An estimated 500 million people across North America will be impacted as the moon passes between the sun and Earth in the 70-mile wide path of the total eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017.