Taylor Wimpey Provision Shows Long Road to Fixing UK Fire Safety July 30, 2025 By Damian Shepherd More than eight years on from the tragic Grenfell fire that claimed 72 lives, the U.K.’s home builders are still...
Hawaii Could See a Big Hurricane Season, but Most Homes Aren’t Ready August 2, 2023 By Audrey McAvoy HONOLULU (AP) — Jan Pappas and Ronald Yasuda hired a contractor to fasten the roof of their 1960s-era home to...
New Lawsuit Filed, Iowa Gov. Asks White House for Help After Partial Building Collapse June 8, 2023 By Hannah Fingerhut DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A woman whose leg was amputated in order to free her from the rubble of...
Andrew Upended Fla. Insurance Market, but Storm of Litigation Even Worse August 25, 2022 By William Rabb It was 30 years ago that Hurricane Andrew, the strongest storm to make U.S. landfall in more than two decades,...
3 Missing in Gas Explosion in Major North China Port City July 20, 2022 BEIJING (AP) — A gas explosion after a partial building collapse in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin on...
Wildfire Threat Becomes Tool to Fight Home Builders July 15, 2022 By Michael Phillis and Suman Naishadham Preston Brown knows the risk of wildfire that comes with living in the rural, chaparral-lined hills of San Diego County....
Here’s how the Government Wants to Disaster-Proof your Home June 2, 2022 By Freida Frisaro MIAMI (AP) — On this first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, federal officials are launching a new initiative to...
Safety Doors Failed in NYC High-Rise Fire That Killed 17 January 12, 2022 By David Porter, Michelle L. Price and Michael R. Sisak NEW YORK (AP)–Investigators sought answers Monday for why safety doors failed to close when fire broke out in a New...
Amazon Warehouse Collapse Has Illinois Looking at Building Codes December 14, 2021 By Shruti Date Singh and Brian K. Sullivan Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on Monday questioned whether building codes need updating to counter risks from an increasing number of...
Cladding Questions Arise in Milan’s 20-Story Building Blaze August 31, 2021 By Colleen Barry MILAN (AP) — Italian firefighters tackled hot spots Monday in a 20-story apartment building in Milan that was destroyed by...