Insurance claims from earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, floods in Australia and tornadoes in the United States drove Lloyd’s of London to its biggest-ever first half loss, the insurance market said Wednesday. Lloyd’s, which has no connection with Lloyds …
More than a million people in central Japan were urged to evacuate Tuesday as a powerful typhoon approached, triggering floods that left two people missing. Public broadcaster NHK said about 1.3 million people have been ordered or advised to leave …
A typhoon that flooded homes, roads and farmland in Taiwan with more than 20 inches (half a meter) of rain left the island Monday and headed to southeastern China. Typhoon Nanmadol stayed over Taiwan for only a few hours and …
The Red Cross says over 29,000 people in North Korea have lost their homes from storms and flooding in the past three months. The International Federation of the Red Cross says it is working to provide emergency food supplies, water …
City grants to community organizations in Capitola may be in jeopardy after the city’s insurance claim from two March floods was denied. According to the Santa Cruz Sentinel, the city’s insurance carrier said the damage was not caused by a …
North Korea says dozens of people were killed, injured or missing after torrential rain pounded the country between late June and mid-July. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Monday that 8,000 people were displaced when floods destroyed nearly …
A tropical storm has unleashed floods and landslides that have left at least seven people dead in the northeastern Philippine province of Albay. Albay Gov. Joey Salceda says three children have died in a landslide in a mountainside village, while …
Six hundred residents in southwest Iowa were ordered on June 5 to evacuate their homes after the Missouri River breached a levee across the border in Missouri. The evacuation covers nearly half of the town of Hamburg, said Stefanie Bond, …
State officials say damage from spring flooding in South Dakota is certain to top the early estimate of $7 million. The president issued a disaster declaration on May 13 based on a preliminary assessment of damage to roads, bridges, culverts …
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain D.V.M., said the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has guaranteed that Morganza Spillway farmers whose crops have been damaged by flooding caused by the Mississippi River will be eligible for crop insurance payments …