States Across the US Midwest Are on Alert for Tornadoes: Weather Watch April 2, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan Storms and tornadoes are in the forecast for states across the Midwest in the US, with further weather warnings and...
Tennessee Residents Clean Up After Weekend Storms Killed 6 People and Damaged Neighborhoods December 11, 2023 By Kimberlee Kruesi and John Raby NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers cleaned up Sunday from severe weekend storms and tornadoes that...
Powerful Winds Are Battering US Midwest at Increasing Rates November 3, 2023 By Brian K. Sullivan Damaging winds blasting out of thunderstorms are occurring five times more frequently across the central US than they were 40...
Early Morning Storms Leave Path of Damage from Tampa Bay into North Florida October 13, 2023 CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A storm system that moved across parts of Florida early Thursday left a path of damage...
Heavy Flooding in Southern Myanmar Displaces More than 14,000 People October 10, 2023 By Grant Peck BANGKOK (AP) — Flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar’s southern areas has displaced more than 14,000 people and...
Insurance Industry Should Expect $100 Billion in Catastrophe Losses Every Year: Verisk September 11, 2023 By Chad Hemenway Total global insured losses from natural catastrophes of more than $100 billion a year may be less newsworthy than in...
Evacuations Ordered After Winds Whip Calif. Forest Fire Near Site of 2022 Deadly Blaze August 17, 2023 HAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — Rural areas near California`s border with Oregon were under evacuation orders Wednesday after gusty winds from...
Rising Flood Risks Threaten Many Water and Sewage Treatment Plants Across the US August 11, 2023 By Suman Naishadham, Brittany Peterson and Camille Fassett LUDLOW, Vermont (AP) — The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vermont. But that was before...
Swiss Re Says Natural Catastrophe Insured Losses Hit $50B in H1 August 9, 2023 By Simon Jessop, Alessandro Parodi and Laura Lenkiewicz LONDON —Insured losses stemming from natural catastrophes rose to $50 billion in the first half of 2023, the second highest...
4 Missing After Record-Breaking Downpours Along Canada’s Atlantic Coast Cause Flooding July 25, 2023 HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Four people are missing after intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across a wide...