Modeler KCC Puts Privately Insured Losses at $6.4B From Helene October 3, 2024 Privately insured losses from Hurricane Helene will be about $6.4 billion from wind, storm surge and inland flooding in nine...
Maui Fire Caused by Broken Power Lines, County and US Find October 3, 2024 By Mark Chediak The fire that razed the historic Maui town of Lahaina last year was caused when Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. re-energized...
Biden to Deploy 1,000 Troops to Aid North Carolina After Helene October 2, 2024 By Akayla Gardner President Joe Biden said he directed the Pentagon to send up to 1,000 active duty troops to help with recovery...
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...