Farmers in eight South Dakota counties are eligible for federal assistance because of weather and grasshopper problems last year. The federal Agriculture Department has designated Ziebach County as a primary natural disaster area. The designation makes assistance such as low-interest …
Authorities say at least five homes and a barn owned by the county government were destroyed in a tornado in western Oklahoma. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Michelann Ooten says no injuries were reported with the Mar. 8 tornado. …
Texas in 2009 experienced weather catastrophes amounting to more insured losses than any other state. Last year, Texas experienced 10 weather catastrophes that caused nearly $2.5 billion in losses. The next nearest state in insured losses was Colorado with $1.3 …
Most experts believe it’s just a matter of time before another big earthquake strikes along the New Madrid fault line, and Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri and neighboring states need to be ready. Nixon on Feb. 19 convened a panel …
Climate change will likely increase the frequency and severity of storm activity in Texas, an area of the country that is especially vulnerable to the “triple threat” of hurricanes, hail storms and tornadoes, weather researchers said at a conference at …
Two more Louisiana parishes have been declared major disaster areas as a result of severe storms that spawned tornados and flooding in parts of the state last October. Catahoula and Franklin parishes were added to the list; the others are …
First there was the ice that blanketed the northern third of Arkansas. Then the tornado that ripped through Mena. Next came rain – record-breaking amounts of it in 15 Arkansas cities and areas. Long, soaking rains and quick, heavy downpours …
A report from Munich Re confirms that losses from natural catastrophes “were far lower in 2009 than in 2008 due to the absence on the whole of major catastrophes and a very benign North Atlantic hurricane season.” However, the reinsurer …
Following a disaster declaration by the White House, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says it will send aid quickly to people in nine Louisiana parishes hit by storms. President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in …
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley wants Midwest disaster victims to have more to time to benefit from tax relief intended to help with the repair or replacement of damaged homes. Grassley has introduced legislation that would extend the deadline for applying …