Storm, not earthquake, is California's biggest risk

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US Geological Survey warns super-storm capable of exacting more than $300bn of damage is a "plausible scenario"

Could insurance companies be hit by a Californian super-storm on a Biblical scale? The US Geological Survey believes so, and has created a hypothetical scenario for emergency planners. Unveiled in Sacramento...

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