Two Kansas legislative leaders outlined a $17.5 million relief package Saturday, (Nov. 10) to help flood-stricken southeast Kansas and tornado-ravaged Greensburg, with money to encourage home building and tax breaks for businesses in the disaster areas. “We are trying to …
A federal appeals court has scheduled arguments in State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.’s quest to overturn a $2.7 million judgment in a Hurricane Katrina insurance dispute from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The arguments will be heard Dec. 5, in …
Insurance company representatives from around the nation are helping sort through the ruins of nearly 200 homes and 53 businesses damaged or destroyed in a mid-October northern Indiana tornado. More than $10 million in losses and several thousand claims, largely …
A tornado damaged a church, a daycare center and the city’s major shopping mall as violent thunderstorms made their way across the western Florida Panhandle last week. There were no reports of injuries. The Oct. 18 twister damaged roofs of …
More than 30 people were hurt and more than two dozen mobile homes and travel trailers were damaged as severe thunderstorms raked across Oklahoma on Wednesday, authorities said. At least 30 people were injured when a strong storm moved through …
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. opened a mobile claims center in Pensacola today to help policyholders with property damaged by tornadoes that ripped through the area, a Citizens official said. “We opened the center this morning (Friday) and had 18 claims …
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers want to provide $50 million to build new housing in Kansas communities still hurting from storms earlier this year. The Greensburg tornado in May and flooding in southeast Kansas destroyed an estimated 1,300 homes, …
Officials were inspecting damage Monday, Oct. 1st from a tornado that cut a 20-mile long path across four central Iowa counties. The tornado dropped out of storms that developed late Sunday afternoon, bringing high wind, heavy rain and large hail …
Disaster assistance to Texas residents and businesses affected by June 16 – Aug. 3 severe storms, tornadoes and flooding has reached $55,541,143, according to state and federal officials. The aid comes from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency …
Lawmakers need to help pay for replacement housing and assist businesses that want to locate in areas devastated by tornado and flood damage, two legislative leaders told a legislative committee Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt and House Majority Leader …