A decision is pending from the Mississippi Supreme Court in another wind vs. water case, this one involving a Pascagoula home subjected to 6.3 feet of storm surge. The National Flood Insurance Program paid Jackson County sheriff’s deputy Michael Robichaux …
Firefighters on Wednesday battled a wind-swept wildfire that has burned more than 40-square miles in central Nebraska, destroying one home and sending one man to the hospital with burns. The fire started Tuesday near the small town of Stapleton, in …
Storm and crop damage estimates in Kansas for 2011 have hit a record $ 1 billion, according to Kansas Department of Insurance (KID). Estimates through August 2011 show $1.095 billion in estimated insured property damage and crop losses for the …
Tropical Storm Katia shut down roads, bridges and sporting events Monday in Ireland and Britain, where residents braced for the strongest wind gusts in 15 years. Forecasters in both countries said Monday’s gusts would top 80 mph (125 kph) as …
Hurricane Irene buffeted Puerto Rico with winds and torrential rain Monday, knocking out power and downing trees as it churned westward on a track that will threaten Florida by the end of the week. Local media in the U.S. Caribbean …
A businessman and his partners in Mississippi say waterproof, windproof video cameras, mounted on utility poles could help ease the filing and awarding of insurance claims. Darrell Jones says the system he’s been working on for years would record damage …
Heavy thunderstorms and strong winds have pounded Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, tearing the roofs off homes and bringing down trees. In Poland, one woman was killed when part of a metal roof fell on her, and five others …
With winds gusting to 98 miles per hour, Category 2 Typhoon Ma-On is a large storm with typhoon force winds extending outward up to 50 miles from its center, while tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 225 miles. …
Authorities say about 100 people are looking for another place to live after a sudden gust of wind ripped the roof from one apartment building during a thunderstorm and sent it crashing into another. A 2-year-old boy was grazed by …
The mile-high wall of ominous, billowing dust that appeared to swallow Phoenix and its suburbs is all that locals can talk about. The dust storm moved through the state, halting airline flights, knocking out power to nearly 10,000 people, turning …