September 12, 2024
Francine knocked out power to more than 400,000 homes and businesses and canceled hundreds of flights across the US South after coming ashore as a hurricane. The storm has weakened to a tropical depression with winds of 35 miles (55 …
September 11, 2024
A month after Hurricane Debby made landfall in northern Florida, the number of property insurance claims has reached almost 20,000, and total estimated insured losses are more than $121.5 million, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation reported this week. The …
September 11, 2024
The landlord for a fire-damaged building leased to a Red Lobster restaurant is blaming the restaurant’s insurer for causing it to lose out on $1.2 million in fire insurance claims payments to repair the property. RL New Brunswick Owner LLC, …
September 10, 2024
Hundreds of thousands of Americans already live in homes that have repeatedly flooded. To get a good handle on the extent of those losses, check out the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s web page that hosts an extensive dataset with information …
September 10, 2024
Stellantis NV said it’s cooperating with U.S. authorities investigating reports of Jeep engines catching fire, in a potential setback for the company that’s trying to reverse a drop in market share in North America. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration …
September 9, 2024
A tropical storm forming in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is threatening to unleash powerful winds and heavy rain as it makes its way toward the US where it will likely hit Wednesday as a hurricane. The system already has …
September 4, 2024
The Atlantic hurricane season continues to roll through its traditionally most active time of year without a storm, however there is a growing chance that may change soon. Two systems — one in the Caribbean and the other near Cabo …
September 2, 2024
Typhoon Shanshan, which struck southern Japan last week with heavy rain and strong winds, was likely intensified by climate change, according to a study from Imperial College London. Researchers with the university teased out the contribution of global warming to …
August 29, 2024
Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International said on Thursday it was seeking approval for a settlement agreement to recover nearly 60% of losses related to wildfires and mudslides in 2017 and 2018. Under the agreement with the …
August 28, 2024
Cody Chiverton has spent the past decade lighting fires. As a former firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service, he participated in dozens of prescribed burns across the American West, in which fire-prevention teams would carry drip torches to ignite dry …