California AG Challenges Housing Plans in Wildfire Areas March 19, 2021 By Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general is challenging some of the state’s largest suburban development projects as local officials...
Texas, Hawaii Spared From Potential Widespread Hurricane Damage July 28, 2020 Hurricane Hanna spared insurers potential massive losses by making a landfall Saturday on a rural area of the Texas coast,...
One Square Kilometer of Wetlands Worth $1.8M in Storm Damage Prevention March 3, 2020 By Eric Roston U.S. protection of wetlands has expanded and contracted dramatically over the last five years, as Democratic and Republican administrations rewrote...
D.C. Is First to Plan to Remove, Retrofit Flood-Prone Buildings April 30, 2019 By Christopher Flavelle Washington is announcing a goal of retrofitting or removing all of its flood-prone buildings by 2050, the first major U.S....
California May Boost Rules for Homes at High Wildfire Risk April 24, 2019 By Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Years of increasingly deadly California wildfires spurred lawmakers to consider regulations Tuesday that would toughen local governments’...
Fire-Resistant Upgrades Could Be a Game-Changer in Wildfires April 15, 2019 By Dale Kasler and Phillip Reese About the photo: The sun rises through a cloud of smoke after a wildfire swept through the area in Sonoma...
Buildings Hold Firm, But Residents Shaky After Alaska Aftershocks January 24, 2019 By RACHEL D'ORO Seven weeks after a massive earthquake rocked Alaska, aftershocks are still shattering 7-year-old Connor Cartwright’s sense of safety. They shake...
Stricter Building Codes Limited Alaska Quake Damage December 3, 2018 By RACHEL D'ORO and MARK THIESSEN The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rattled Alaska’s largest city cracked roads and collapsed highway ramps, but there were no reports...
Michael Highlights Florida Panhandle’s Weak Building Codes October 17, 2018 By GARY FINEOUT Unlike in South Florida, homes in the state’s Panhandle did not have tighter building codes until just 11 years ago;...
North Carolina Weakened Building Codes in 2013 September 13, 2018 By Ari Natter Five years ago, encouraged by home builders and an anti-regulatory zeal, lawmakers in North Carolina joined other states in weakening...