In 2013, there were 296 separate natural disaster events that produced total economic losses of $192 billion – four percent below the 10-year average of $200 billion, but above the average 259 events, according to a report by global reinsurance …
National Weather Service forecasters say they’ve determined that recent storm damage north of Atlanta, Ga., was caused by a small tornado. The weather service said the tornado touched down shortly after 7:30 am. Saturday near Waleska in Cherokee County. Forecasters …
Colorado plans to advertise the dangers of stoned driving and train more police officers in spotting drivers impaired by marijuana with a new $400,000 federal grant. “It’s ironic we’re using federal funding for something that is illegal federally,” Colorado Department …
A McAlester, Okla., propane company has denied wrongdoing in civil lawsuits filed over an explosion at a Eufaula plant that killed one man and injured another. Two lawsuits have been filed in McIntosh County District Court against RAM Inc./W.E. Allford …
Sorrento, La., Police Chief Earl Theriot Jr. and his assistant chief will be on patrol, but without the special type of insurance coverages required for police patrols. Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley and Sorrento Mayor Mike Lambert said Theriot told …
Residents in a suburban Buffalo, N.Y., neighborhood are dealing with the aftermath of weekend flooding that has left dozens of homes damaged. Local media outlets report that about 70 homes in West Seneca’s Lexington Green section sustained damage when Buffalo …
Grand Rapids plans to spend $4.2 million to repair and improve its floodwall system, after engineers identified weaknesses exposed by a storm last spring that flooded the Grand River threatened to swamp the Michigan city. The river came close to …
Authorities say two workers were injured in a flash fire as they worked on the roof of a dorm at the University of Maryland College Park. Prince George’s County Fire and EMS spokesman Mark Brady says the pair was working …
A fire prevention system costing more than $1 million wasn’t functioning and failed to prevent a blaze that razed an ancient tourist town in southwest China, the fire service said Monday. The system in Dukezong had been shut down to …
Kofax Limited, a provider of smart process applications for business critical customer interactions, announced that a leading international insurance organization has invested $3.7 million in Kofax software to expand and enhance the way it is capturing and processing documents within …