New Florida Law Seeks to Protect State From Sea Level Rise May 14, 2021 By Brendan Farrington TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida — one of the most vulnerable places in the world to sea level rise —...
Hurricane That Hit Louisiana in 2020 Was Category 3, Not 2 May 13, 2021 By Rebecca Santana NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta, which swept through southeast Louisiana at the tail end of the 2020 hurricane season,...
Florida GOP Outlines $100 Million+ Plan to Tackle Climate Change March 1, 2021 By Curt Anderson ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Low-lying Florida, surrounded by the sea, is one of the most vulnerable U.S. states to...
US to Urge Barriers, Elevation to Fight NJ Back Bay Flooding February 24, 2021 By Wayne Parry LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — The federal government will recommend flood control measures including storm surge barriers, floodwalls, and...
N.J. Supreme Ct. Affirms That Insurers Liable for $300M in Superstorm Sandy Damages January 27, 2021 By Jim Sams The New Jersey Supreme Court on Wednesday ended an effort by Lloyd’s of London syndicates and other insurers to escape...
The Stormy, Fiery Year When Climate Disasters Wouldn’t Stop December 11, 2020 By Seth Borenstein Nature struck relentlessly in 2020 with record-breaking and deadly weather- and climate-related disasters. With the most named storms in the...
Dredge Scarcity Could Make Rebuilding Coast Slower, Costly October 19, 2020 By Tristan Baurick NEW ORLEANS — Just as Louisiana begins an ambitious slate of projects to rebuild its crumbling coastline, the essential ingredients...
Delta Losses Bring Hurricane Damages to $26B for Year October 14, 2020 By Jim Sams Hurricane Delta caused from $700 million $1.2 billion in insured losses from wind damage and storm surge, and an additional...
‘Nothing Left’: How Back-to-Back Hurricanes Gutted a U.S. Town October 13, 2020 By Shannon Sims and Eric Roston On the day after Hurricane Delta cut its ruinous path across southern Louisiana, Dick Frerks pointed to a lone 20-foot...
Hurricane Delta Makes Landfall in Mexico, Toppling Trees October 8, 2020 By Luis Andres Henao CANCUN, Mexico — Hurricane Delta made landfall Wednesday just south of the Mexican resort of Cancun as an extremely dangerous...