Born After Superstorm Sandy’s Destruction, 2 Big Flood Control Projects Get Underway in New Jersey October 26, 2023 By Wayne Parry HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — A decade after they were first envisioned in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy ‘s destruction, two...
California Threats Jump from Fires to Floods as Wet Season Hits December 10, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan California’s climate threats could soon be jumping from wildfires and blackouts to floods and mudslides as the wet season kicks...
Harvey May Be Sign of Future Storms August 30, 2017 By SETH BORENSTEIN By the time the rain stops, Harvey will have dumped about 1 million gallons of water for every man, woman...
Government’s $3B Disaster Balance Enough for Immediate Harvey Response August 30, 2017 By ANDREW TAYLOR The federal government has – for now – enough disaster aid money to deal with the immediate aftermath of Hurricane...
California Dam Managers Dismissed Flood Concern 12 Years Ago February 15, 2017 By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JUSTIN PRITCHARD Environmental activists and local government officials warned more than a decade ago about the risk of catastrophic flooding below a...
Congress’ Help Expected to Aid Louisiana in Flood Recovery August 30, 2016 By MELINDA DESLATTE Insurance payments and traditional federal aid programs won’t be enough to respond to the catastrophic flooding that ravaged tens of...
Winning New York, New Jersey Sandy Rebuilding Projects Chosen June 4, 2014 By JONATHAN LEMIRE and DAVID PORTER A system of dikes around the tip of lower Manhattan, and water pumps and parks across the Hudson River in...
Insurance Bureau of Canada Launches VIN Verification Service to ID Flood-Damaged Cars August 14, 2013 To protect consumers, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) and its member insurance companies have compiled a database of flooded vehicles...
Thailand’s National Catastrophe Insurance Fund Reports Success in First Year April 24, 2013 Payungsak Chartsutthiphon, the president of the executive committee of the National Catastrophe Insurance Fund of Thailand, announced that over the...