Portugal Rolls Out $2.9 Billion Aid as Deadly Flooding Spreads February 6, 2026 By Sofia Horta e Costa Portugal approved emergency laws to speed reconstruction after deadly flooding as part of a $2.9 billion support package in one...
Berkshire Utility Presses Wildfire Appeal With Billions at Stake February 5, 2026 By Michelle Ma Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s PacifiCorp is asking an appeals court to throw out a 2023 jury verdict in a wildfire class-action...
Cape Cod Faces Highest Snow Risk as New Coastal Storm Forms January 29, 2026 By Brian K. Sullivan New York and most of the Northeast will likely be spared the worst of a new winter storm this weekend...
Trump Orders Federal Takeover of LA Wildfire Rebuilding Efforts January 27, 2026 By John Gittelsohn President Donald Trump signed an executive order that allows the federal government to preempt state and local regulations in the...
US Travel Chaos Continues as Airlines Try to Restore Flights January 26, 2026 By Danny Lee and Sri Taylor Nearly 3,900 flights were canceled on Monday. That follows the roughly 11,600 cancellations on Sunday, which bore the brunt of...
Texas Power Grid Faces Major Test From Season’s Biggest Storm January 22, 2026 By Mark Chediak, Brian K. Sullivan and Naureen S. Malik A powerful winter storm descending on Texas on Friday will be one of the toughest tests of the state’s electric...
Driver Fails to Back Up Claim That Tesla Touchscreen Defect Caused Accident January 16, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson Vehicle manufacturer Tesla has won dismissal of a product liability lawsuit claiming that a defective touchscreen in a 2021 Tesla...
The Return Period for An LA Wildfire-Scale Event May Be Shorter Than You Think January 15, 2026 By Don Jergler Gallagher Re estimates that the total insured value exposed in the L.A. fires represents a one-in-35-year return period, a new...
Insurance Payments Now at $22.4B From LA Wildfires One Year Ago January 5, 2026 Insurers have paid more than $22.4 billion on tens of thousands of claims from the Los Angles wildfires that broke...
Swiss Bar’s Owners Face Criminal Negligence Probe After Fire January 5, 2026 By Paula Doenecke Valais public prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the operators of Le Constellation Bar in Crans Montana, Switzerland, after...