Secondary Perils Drive Global Insured Losses to Estimated $123B in 2023: Gallagher Re January 19, 2024 Non-peak (secondary) perils and record-setting weather and climate events drove global insured losses from natural catastrophes to an estimated $123...
Londoners Unprepared for ‘Lethal’ Climate Risks, Report Says January 18, 2024 By Olivia Rudgard London isn’t ready to deal with climate risks including flooding and overheating, according to an independent review of government measures....
Helping Maui Recover from Flames and Wildfire Prevention Top Hawaii Lawmaker Agenda January 16, 2024 By Audrey McAvoy Hawaii lawmakers are due to convene this week for the first time since the burning of historic Lahaina awakened the...
Natural Disasters Led to $250B in Global Losses Last Year January 12, 2024 By Stephan Kahl Extreme storms and other natural disasters cost the world about $250 billion of losses last year, with less than half...
AP Reveals Problematic Dams in US, but Not New Jersey August 2, 2023 By Bilal Suleiman TRENTON, N.J. (AP) __ A more than two-year investigation by The Associated Press identified scores of problematic dams nationwide, but...
Inspectors Clear Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge as Safe After it Was Hit by Crane May 23, 2023 ST. IGNACE, Mich. (AP) – A crane being towed on a barge hit the main span of the Mackinac Bridge,...
Authorities: 3 Killed in Crash After Highway Shooting, 2-State Chase May 16, 2023 SHELBY, N.C. (AP) – Three people have died in a truck after someone in it fired at a different vehicle...
Japan Earthquake of Magnitude 6.5 Injures Some, Damages Buildings May 5, 2023 An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck on Friday off Japan’s western prefecture of Ishikawa, authorities said, as media...
Storms Upend One of North America’s Largest Tire Plants April 14, 2023 TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Production at a large north Mississippi tire plant has ground to a halt in the wake...
Rain Pounds Northern New Zealand; Further Flooding Expected February 1, 2023 WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Auckland prepared for another round of flooding as rain battered northern New Zealand’s Northland region,...