Weather experts said it’s unusual for deadly tornadoes to develop a few weeks apart in the U.S. But what made the two storm systems that barreled through a Missouri city and the South within the last month so rare is …
Devastating tornadoes, floods, earthquakes overseas and a busier-than-usual hurricane season have U.S. insurance companies bracing for record losses in 2011. Insurers could suffer as much as $10 billion from weather-related losses in the United States in 2011, which is up …
Arkansas and federal officials say more than $9.6 million in state and federal disaster assistance has been made available to residents affected by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding. Officials say more than $8.1 million in housing assistance and nearly $1.5 …
Federal Emergency Management Administration is opening a Disaster Recovery Center in Hollister, Mo. The Taney County center can offer assistance to residents recovering from recent severe weather, including floods and tornadoes. Staff can help with individual assistance, business assistance and …
Hundreds of homeowners in Fayetteville, North Carolina say they are frustrated waiting for repairs more than a month after tornadoes ripped through the state. Dyana Sabino told The Fayetteville Observer that she and her mother are living in just one …
A panel chaired by Gov. Rick Scott has agreed to file an emergency rule giving the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund more time to respond to an influx of claims from 2005 storms. The filing approved Tuesday would let the State …
Nearly 58,000 homes and businesses remain without electricity following severe storms across Arkansas that left at least 11 people dead. Entergy Arkansas reported more than 47,000 outages on April 27 with the largest number being more than 9,400 in Garland …
Residents in parts of central New York are cleaning up damage caused by severe storms that downed trees, flooded roads and basements and tore the roofs off several structures across the region. The thunderstorms that passed in a northeasterly direction …
State and federal officials plan to begin assessing damage this week from tornadoes in six Iowa counties. The Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will conduct the assessments Monday and Tuesday. …
Storms that killed seven people in Arkansas and left a trail of downed power lines and toppled trees also did some harm to agricultural interests. University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture says some wheat fields were flattened in Lonoke County, …