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An Unusually Active Hurricane Season Is in Store for the Atlantic

Another above-average hurricane season will threaten the Atlantic this year, with as many as six storms affecting the U.S., AccuWeather Inc. said. Between 13 and 18 storms will at least reach tropical storm strength, and seven to 10 of those …

1-in-7 U.S Homeowners Uninsured, Report Shows

Nearly one-in-seven U.S. homes are uninsured, and 11.3 million out of 82.9 million owner-occupied homes (13.6%) are uninsured, a new study shows. A study from LendingTree that used Federal Emergency Management Agency data and U.S. Census data to calculate uninsured …

Hawaii Islands Sinking Faster in Some Areas, Increasing Flood Risk

Parts of Hawaii are sinking faster than others, according to a recent study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, highlighting the flood risk to infrastructure, businesses and communities in low-lying areas especially in certain urban areas …

CoreLogic: 170K Properties Potentially Impacted by Mix of Severe Storms

Roughly 170,000 properties were potentially impacted by the outbreak of severe storms across the Midwest and Mississippi Valley, in addition to a spate of wildfires and dust storms across the Southern Plains, CoreLogic said. The early season tornado outbreak over …

Extreme Weather in 2024 Forced Most People to Flee in 16 Years

Extreme weather last year including typhoons, heatwaves and flooding led to the biggest displacement of people since 2008, and exacerbated a food crisis in more than a dozen countries, according to a report. Tropical cyclones were responsible for many of …

Billions in Hurricane Helene Aid to Farmers to Start Flowing by March 21

Tens of billions in aid for victims of Hurricane Helene should start flowing later this month, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins pledged last week, but delays are already making it hard this year for some farmers to plant crops. Congress …

A California City Is Pioneering Urban-Scale Insurance for Climate Disasters

“Fire took everything, please help.” The headline was one of hundreds like it on GoFundMe campaigns that launched even as the embers of the fires in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena were still smoldering. They were a grim reminder that …

Los Angeles Sees Mudslides With Heavy Rains

Heavy rains caused flooding and mudslides in Los Angeles late Thursday and early Friday, as authorities ordered evacuations and warned of potentially dangerous conditions across land burned by last month’s devastating wildfires. About half a foot of rain has fallen …

FEMA to Borrow $2B to Pay Flood Claims After Hurricanes Helene and Milton

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it needs to borrow $2 billion from the U.S. Treasury to cover claims from National Flood Insurance Program policyholders. FEMA, administrator of NFIP, said it expects to pay out more than $10 billion in …

Survey Shows More People Aware of Flood Risk Thanks to Hurricane Season

More people are aware of flood risk on the heels of a historic Atlantic hurricane season, a new survey shows. An annual survey conducted by the Neptune Flood in collaboration with the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Customer Experience …