The total damage and economic loss from Hurricane Milton will be between $160 billion and $180 billion, according to a preliminary estimate from AccuWeather on Thursday. After making landfall as a Category 3 hurricane, Milton will go down as one …
As flooding hammered Appalachia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, residents became intimately familiar with a new norm in the US’s post-storm script: dams at imminent risk of failing. Officials last week said multiple dams were on the brink, including …
Tropical Storm Helene is triggering dangerous rain and flooding across the US South, where it has killed at least six people and cut power to over 4 million customers after coming ashore in Florida as a major hurricane. More than …
A weather service said a brewing storm headed toward the Gulf Coast is expected to become “a large hurricane with a major storm surge threat and impacts that will reach hundreds of miles inland from where this storm makes landfall.” …
Tidal action on the underside of the Thwaites Glacier in the Antarctic will “inexorably” accelerate melting this century, according to new research by British and American scientists. The researchers warn the faster melting could destabilize the entire West Antarctic Ice …
U.S. private market insured losses from Hurricane Francine are estimated to not exceed $2 billion, Moody’s RMS Event Response team said. Losses to the National Flood Insurance Program from the hurricane are estimated to be less than $200 million, the …
Cities from Budapest to Wroclaw in Poland are racing to build up their defenses as floodwaters peak over the coming days. The floods that unleashed destruction across central Europe are receding in many places after the torrential rain from Storm …
One forecast calls for Francine to intensify into a Category 2 hurricane in the next 24 hours before hitting the Louisiana coast with storm surge of up to 15 feet, while a catastrophe modeler says the surge could cause flooding …
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 …
Meteorologists say Francine could produce life-threatening storm surge and dangerous flash flooding across parts of coastal Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi as it approaches the Gulf Coast. AccuWeather meteorologists say the shallow continental shelf makes the Gulf coast “extremely vulnerable to …