It may cost $2.5 million to repair about 1,000 feet of boardwalk in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire, which was damaged by a storm last month. Laconia City Manager Eileen Cabanel said heavy rain flooded the area, tearing up railroad ties …
Residential and commercial damages from Hurricane Gustav will trigger an estimated $4 billion to $10 billion in insurance claims, a third of which could affect the energy industry. While Gustav’s force paled in comparison to Hurricane Katrina, which cost insurers …
Colorado hurricane researchers are forecasting five tropical storms in the Atlantic this month, including four hurricanes, two of them major. Former Colorado State University climatologist William Gray said it will be nearly twice as busy as an average September. Gray …
A cargo plane crashed into a row of trees and skidded into a cornfield shortly after takeoff, killing all three crew members and sparking a fire, authorities said. The twin-engine 1956 Convair 580, owned by local cargo transporter Air Tahoma, …
An explosion has leveled half of a duplex in south Fargo, S.D. Assistant Fargo Fire Chief Dean Meyer says 13 people from a large family were injured. Some of the injured are adults and some are children. All were taken …
No injuries are reported after a fire at a Louisville (LOO’-iss-vil), Colo. strip mall, but three businesses have suffered extensive damage. Neighbors reported the fire just before 2 a.m. Monday when they smelled smoke. At least 35 firefighters from Louisville, …
New Orleans can get back to its comeback. Traumatized after losing their homes when Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters broke through the levees that protect this city, Hurricane Gustav ended up a mere interruption in rebuilding. The fragile levees survived their first …
A team of 350 catastrophe adjusters and support personnel with USAA are headed to areas of Louisiana affected by Hurricane Gustav. The company’s catastrophe headquarters are planned for Baton Rouge and two satellite offices in Lake Charles, La. and Mobile, …
Aon Corporation announced that Karen Mildenhall has joined the firm as executive vice president of Aon Construction Services Group. In addition to her responsibilities with the construction team, Mildenhall assumes operational responsibility for Aon Risk Services in Phoenix as resident …
Both Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and A.M. Best have issued statements following the passage of Hurricane Gustav, which indicate that the storm’s impact on the industry will not be nearly as severe as many had feared. S&P said that …