North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven is asking President Bush to issue a disaster declaration for Cass and Steele counties to help them recover from July 15 storms. Hoeven said in a statement on Monday that preliminary assessments found more than …
The chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services committee promised to quickly take up a bill seeking to stabilize the property insurance market in disaster-prone areas. The bill, introduced last week and prepared by Democratic Florida Reps. Ron Klein and …
A combination of ice storms, flooding rains and tornadoes have left Oklahoma atop a dubious list. So far this year, the state has most federal disaster declarations in the country. Oklahoma has received two declarations for severe storms, flooding and …
Gov. Mike Easley announced that 164 senior centers in North Carolina will soon receive a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration radio to warn seniors and staff members of tornadoes, hurricanes and other weather-related emergencies. The weather radios will be delivered …
U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $2.175 billion for second-quarter property losses resulting from a total of six catastrophes in 25 states — tying the record for the second-lowest number of catastrophes in a …
The first half of 2007 has been one to forget for many Kansans as blizzards, deadly tornadoes and now flooding have caused millions of dollars in damage, disrupted lives and put a dent in the state’s economy. Of the state’s …
Meteorologists are reviewing radar data and videotapes to determine if a tornado tore off part of a restaurant roof during an intense weekend storm in Port Orange, Fla.. No one was hurt when the storm ripped off part of the …
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver’s request for federal aid to help eastern Iowa recover from a tornado earlier this month has been denied. The twister hit June 1, causing an estimated $2.7 million in damage as it churned a path of …
Some of the people whose lives are at stake during a hurricane are lying helpless in nursing homes and hospitals on the Alabama coast, where emergency computer and phone networks have been enhanced to help them when a storm threatens …
Fire swept through a furniture warehouse, collapsing the building’s roof and claiming the lives of nine firefighters in a disaster the mayor described Tuesday as “difficult to fathom or quantify.” “Nine brave, heroic, courageous firefighters of the city of Charleston …