A preliminary estimate of damage from the tornado that struck Rolla, Norht Dakota last week now tops $1 million. Rolette County Tax Director Diane Schwandt expects that estimate to grow. Schwandt says property owners are finding more damage as they …
In addition to blaring sirens and screeching weather-radio alerts, residents in Glenpool, Okla., will now have another way of learning about approaching tornadoes: they will get a telephone call. The City Council has approved a contract with Media Weather Innovations …
If dome-shaped buildings that can withstand all kinds of destructive forces are the wave of the future, Oklahoma is leading the nation. Two dome-topped school buildings under construction in Dibble, Okla., are expected to increase energy efficiency, provide more weather …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it does not expect the 2008 Midwest floods to impact ratings or outlooks for the majority of companies that it rates. However, property/casualty writers that are geographically concentrated in the affected states, especially those …
A new mathematical model indicates that dust devils, water spouts, tornadoes, hurricanes and cyclones are all born of the same mechanism and will intensify as climate change warms the Earth’s surface. The new equation, developed by University of Michigan atmospheric …
The rural area to the northeast of Denver, Colo., tops the nation when it comes to regions most prone to tornados, according to Boston-based CDS Business Mapping LLC, an online hazard mapping firm. The top 10 most tornado prone metro-areas …
A large number of exteme weather events pummeled the United States in the first half of the year, and worldwide 2008 may go down in history as a year with one of the highest number of natural catastrophe victims, according …
The U.S. Small Business Administration says homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profits in Hinds County have one month left to submit disaster loan applications for damage caused by the severe storms and tornadoes of April 4. The deadline to file is …
Des Moines, Iowa-based EMC Insurance Group Inc. says Midwest storm losses will reduce its profit for the year. The property and casualty insurer is lowering its guidance to a range of $1.20 to $1.45 per share from the previous range …
President Bush is making additional federal disaster assistance available to Iowa to help with the deadly storms and flooding that have ravaged the state since late May. Under an order signed on on June 30, the federal share of total …