More than three-fourths of properties flooded by Hurricane Debby were outside a designated flood hazard area and were likely to be uninsured for the water loss. Many of those properties were concentrated in spots seemingly far away from where the …
About 375,000 homes and businesses were in the dark in Puerto Rico after Tropical Storm Ernesto brushed past early Wednesday, pounding the island with torrential rain and winds. The storm is likely to become a hurricane in the coming hours …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved more than $61 million for Iowa residents who experienced damage from this spring’s flooding, severe storms and tornadoes. FEMA said has provided $56 million in Individual Assistance money to help survivors with home repairs, …
The number of Florida claims from Hurricane Debby, filed within five days of the storm, already is almost half of the the number of claims filed in Hurricane Idalia in a three-month period. Debby claims by Friday had reached more …
The total damage and economic loss from Hurricane Debby in the U.S. is expected to be $28 billion, according to a preliminary estimate from AccuWeather. The estimate is preliminary because the storm effects continue to be felt and some areas …
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has already forecast an extremely active hurricane season, is now saying it could rank among the busiest on record. In a mid-season hurricane outlook update, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center forecasters updated the number …
An earthquake off the coast of Japan’s southern island of Kyushu prompted the government to issue its first-ever warning for a megaquake from an undersea trough running along a swath of the country’s coast. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called off …
Insurers and reinsurers’ losses from Hurricane Debby are expected to be in the low single-digit billions of dollars, a figure that would be “very manageable” for the industry, according to a report from Gallagher Re. Wind and water-related losses could …
The U.S. Congress passed the Coastal Barrier Resources Act in 1982 to preserve relatively undeveloped waterfront areas as natural buffer zones. At least 1.4 million acres along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts were made ineligible for the kind of federal …
An extreme risk to lives and property from widespread flooding is expanding across the Southeast this week before Debby makes a second landfall in the Carolinas and then quickly shifts to the Northeast, according to AccuWeather. The weather services is …