State Farm, Citizens Brace for Losses From Hurricane Helene October 1, 2024 By Alexandre Rajbhandari State Farm General Insurance Co. and Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are bracing for the insurance industry’s largest losses from damage...
Hurricane Devastates Southern Cotton Crops Just Before Harvest October 1, 2024 By Ilena Peng Cotton growers are facing devastating losses and delays from Hurricane Helene just as harvest was beginning, marking the latest blow...
Hurricane Helene Halts Poultry Plants, Damages Cotton Crops September 30, 2024 By Gerson Freitas Jr. and Ilena Peng Hurricane Helene has halted chicken processing plants and caused severe damage to some flocks, while also downing pecan trees and...
AccuWeather Puts Total Damage and Economic Loss From Helene at $145B to $160B September 30, 2024 AccuWeather increased its estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Hurricane Helene to between $145 billion and $160...
Hurricane Helene to Hit as Cat 3, and Early Estimates Forecast $3-$6B in Insured Losses September 25, 2024 Hurricane Helene is expected to hit Florida as a Category 3, and a property data firm estimates that nearly 25,000...
AccuWeather Says Storm Expected to Hit Gulf Coast to Become Category 3 Hurricane September 23, 2024 A weather service said a brewing storm headed toward the Gulf Coast is expected to become “a large hurricane with...
NHTSA Reports Decrease in Traffic Deaths: What’s Behind the Numbers? September 23, 2024 Highway fatalities have fallen 3.2% in the first half of the year from the same period in 2023, data from...
More Than 250,000 U.S. Properties Reported to Have Repeated NFIP Claims September 19, 2024 By Ezra Amacher More than a quarter million U.S. properties have repeated claims for federal flood insurance, costing the National Flood Insurance Program...
AccuWeather Estimates $7B in Damage and Economic Loss from North Carolina Storm September 18, 2024 AccuWeather on Wednesday issued a preliminary estimate of the total damage and economic loss from an unnamed storm that struck...
European Cities Brace for Peak of Floods as Cleanup Starts September 18, 2024 By Marton Eder, Piotr Bujnicki, Kevin Whitelaw and Irina Vilcu Cities from Budapest to Wroclaw in Poland are racing to build up their defenses as floodwaters peak over the coming...