California Faces Mudslide Threat From Flooding Rains After Wildfires February 4, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Weeks after wildfires that killed at least 29 people and destroyed entire neighborhoods, Southern California is facing another extreme-weather threat:...
North Carolina Officials Make Urgent Request to Lawmakers on Hurricanes February 3, 2025 By Makiya Seminera North Carolina officials charged with leading recovery efforts in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene — as well as parts...
Norfolk Southern And East Palestine Announce $22M Settlement in 2023 Derailment January 31, 2025 By Josh Funk East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million settlement resolving all of the village’s claims arising from the...
Insurer Payouts at $4 Billion and Counting So Far for LA Wildfires January 30, 2025 By Don Jergler Preliminary data show insurance companies have so far paid out more than $4 billion for losses from the biggest two...
Pimco Warns LA City Utility Faces Steep Liabilities After Fires January 30, 2025 By Maxwell Adler The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is facing the risk of significant financial liability for damages in the...
Fire Destroys Air Busan Plane in South Korea, All 176 Evacuated January 29, 2025 By Heejin Kim and Soo-Hyang Choi A fire broke out on a plane operated by Air Busan Co. at a local airport in South Korea late...
Climate Change Made LA 35% More Primed to Burn, Scientists Say January 29, 2025 By Eric Roston Climate change made Southern California’s dangerous wildfire conditions in early January 35% more likely than they would have been before...
Chubb Expects LA Wildfires to Cost It $1.5 Billion This Quarter January 28, 2025 By Alexandre Rajbhandari Chubb Ltd. estimates that the wildfires that ravaged swaths of Los Angeles earlier this month will cost the insurer $1.5...
Southern California Edison Asked by Investigators to Preserve Gear at LA’s Eaton Blaze January 27, 2025 By Will Wade Fire investigators have asked Southern California Edison Co. to preserve its equipment near the site where the deadly Eaton fire...
Trump Questions FEMA’s Future Just When LA Needs It Most January 25, 2025 By Zahra Hirji Fire-wracked Los Angeles, facing its worst natural disaster in decades, has never needed the Federal Emergency Management Agency more. As...