If it seemed Arkansas had too many tornadoes to count this spring, that may have been true. Forecasters said Tuesday they located a tornado track near Hickory Plains in Prairie County, pushing Arkansas’ storm total for this year to 67. …
Mexico Friday announced that it has bought more than $400 million worth of insurance to protect vulnerable areas from the impact of hurricanes and other natural disasters. Mexico purchased 4.8 billion pesos ($404 million) of insurance to “protect public infrastructure …
Thunderstorms that moved through eastern Iowa are being blamed for a house fire and hail and wind damage to cars, homes and trees. In North Liberty, fire officials say a lightning strike likely started a house fire around 10:40 p.m. …
State Farm says it has paid almost $1 billion on about 300,000 catastrophe claims from devastating storms across the central and southeastern United States over the past two months. The Pantagraph in Bloomington reported that State Farm says about 284,000 …
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 …