The Navy spent about $71 million on cleanup, planning and initial repairs on the fire-damaged USS Miami before scuttling plans to restore the nuclear-powered submarine. The Navy intended to repair the attack submarine, damaged last year, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard …
The timber company that owns most of the Douglas County land that burned in one of Wisconsin’s largest forest fires says damage will exceed $1 million. Lyme St. Croix Timber Co., executive Sean Ross says the fire damaged most of …
Sept.13 marks the fifth anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Ike on the Texas coast. Despite its Category 2 ranking when it hit, Ike caused more than $30 billion in damage and the lessons learned from it could be crucial …
Three days of intense rainfall in many areas of Colorado has resulted in severe, widespread flooding and collapsed homes, according to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide. The greatest threat is to cities along the Front Range, including the city of …
Physicians Insurance, a Northwest-based provider of medical professional liability insurance, announced the company will distribute a $5 million dividend to policyholders in September 2013. This is the sixth consecutive dividend released to policyholders, totaling more than $30 million returned to …
Hurricanes are dynamic. Wind speeds change as the storm progresses and rainfall varies widely, creating tremendous uncertainty as the natural elements interact with man and man-made infrastructure. Roads may close, traffic patterns may change, leading to travel delays that could …
In the wake of deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma this past spring, Florida State University researchers have developed a new statistical model that will help determine whether the risk of tornadoes is increasing and whether they are getting stronger. Climatologists have …
Asiana Airlines Inc., the South Korean carrier whose pilot training is under scrutiny after a fatal crash in San Francisco, said it will expand instruction for air crew and begin an outside review of safety standards. Pilots will get more …
The scene of so much destruction on the New Jersey shore has a new landmark to replace the mangled Jet Star roller coaster: a charred boardwalk and dozens of smoldering businesses, newly rebuilt after Hurricane Sandy. Almost 100 of 400 …
BP has urged a federal judge to reject a $111 million budget request by the court-supervised administrator of the company’s multibillion-dollar settlement with Gulf Coast businesses and residents following its 2010 Gulf oil spill. In a court filing Wednesday, BP …