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3,100 Without Power Due to Storms in Arkansas

More than 3,100 Entergy Arkansas customers remain without power after severe thunderstorms knocked down trees and power lines in parts of Arkansas. There were no reports of injuries from Wednesday’s storms. The power company’s website said Thursday morning that nearly …

Penn. Flash Flood Damage Estimated at $1M

Cleanup efforts in this northeastern Pennsylvania community entered its third day Wednesday while local, state and federal officials crunched numbers to get a dollar amount on damages from flash flooding that damaged homes and washed out bridges and roads. Damages …

Swiss Re Warns Europe of Increasing ‘Soil Subsidence’ from Climate Change

According to a new study from Swiss Re, “Europe is witnessing a dramatic increase in property damage as a result of soil subsidence.” A new loss model developed by Swiss Re and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), …

Mass. Tornado Claims Estimated at $175 Million

The financial toll from tornadoes that ravaged Springfield and several smaller Massachusetts communities has risen to an estimated $175 million. The state’s Division of Insurance estimated Wednesday that residents and businesses have filed 9,500 insurance claims for damage caused by …

Nebraska County Declares Disaster After Storm

Dodge County officials have issued a disaster declaration for a storm that hit Fremont last week. Region 5/6 emergency manager Bill Pook told the Fremont Tribune that preliminary assessments put damage to public property from the June 20 storm at …

Southeast Texas Ranks as the Windiest, Stormiest Area in the Lone Star State

Stormy, windy weather slammed more Allstate insured homes in Hardin County than any other part of Texas over the past five years. Allstate tallied the top 20 stormiest counties in the state by looking at the areas with the highest …

North Dakota Memorial Day Storm Could Top $5.8 Million in Losses

The Memorial Day wind storm in the Fargo area has caused more than $4.2 million in damage, according to North Dakota Insurance Commissioner, Adam Hamm. Reports from several insurers who write business in the affected area indicate that 1,740 claims …

New York City Police Run Up More Legal Claims than Hospitals

New York City paid nearly $521 million in personal injury and property damage claims in 2010 — marking the first time in 30 years the police department’s liabilities topped those of public hospitals, according to a city comptroller’s report issued …

Lightning Strike Starts Fire, Destroys Kentucky Home

A central Kentucky homeowner says a lightning strike started a fire that burned his home to the ground. Mark Dees of Berea told WLEX-TV in Lexington that the lightning struck at about 3:30 p.m. EDT Saturday while he was out, …

April Storm Damage Claims Set Kansas Record

Insured property damage loss totals for April 2011 have set a Kansas record, according to figures compiled by the Kansas Insurance Department (KID). Sandy Praeger, Commissioner of Insurance, said the April estimated property damage loss from storms stands at $502.5 …