While LA Burned, Rules to Protect Homes From Wildfires Were on Hold August 13, 2025 By Todd Woody As wildfires raged across Los Angeles in January, a state official parried an email from a resident living on the...
Typhoon Podul Set to Strengthen Before Hitting Taiwan August 12, 2025 By Mary Hui Eight of Taiwan’s southern and eastern regional governments decided to shut down schools and offices because of typhoon Podul, which...
Porsches Destroyed by LA Wildfires Get New Life as Stained Glass Art August 12, 2025 By Hannah Elliott Ben Tuna is good at transforming rusted-out, patina-eaten wrecks into art. For the past few months, in a nondescript stucco...
Missouri’s 2025 Insured Losses From Severe Weather Approaching $2 Billion August 8, 2025 The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance reported that severe weather has already caused nearly $1.6 billion in damage throughout...
Zurich Insurance Beats Estimates Despite LA Wildfire Hit August 7, 2025 By Noele Illien Zurich posted a 6% gain in profit for the first half of 2025 as the insurer shook off losses from...
Deadly Wildfires Ravage Southwest France as Heat Wave Builds August 6, 2025 By Joe Wertz and Nayla Razzouk Wildfires ravaged vineyards and farms in southern France, leaving one person dead and forcing residents to flee as flames shut...
Small New Jersey Earthquake Rattles New York City Buildings August 5, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan A small earthquake shook the dust off the walls and rattled windows across northern New Jersey and the greater New...
Hong Kong Sets Rainfall Record, Hundreds of Flights Delayed or Canceled August 5, 2025 By Mary Hui, Sangmi Cha and Danny Lee Hong Kong set a rainfall record for August after violent storms lashed the city on Tuesday, leading to flight delays...
Tsunami Reaches US as Powerful Quake Puts Pacific on Alert July 30, 2025 By Mary Hui, Shoko Oda and Brian K. Sullivan Coastal regions from Chile to the western U.S. were on edge after a powerful earthquake in Russia's Far East triggered...
Taylor Wimpey Provision Shows Long Road to Fixing UK Fire Safety July 30, 2025 By Damian Shepherd More than eight years on from the tragic Grenfell fire that claimed 72 lives, the U.K.’s home builders are still...