U.S. Weather Disasters Totaled a Record $306B in 2017 January 9, 2018 By Jim Efstathiou Jr. Extreme weather took an extreme toll on the U.S. last year. Losses from weather and climate disasters including hurricanes Harvey,...
15 U.S. Weather Disasters Costing a Billion Dollars or More so far in 2017 December 28, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan and Jim Efstathiou Jr. In the year that President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris accord and downplayed global warming as a security...
Swiss Re: Natural Catastrophe Insured Losses Nearly Doubled in 2017 December 22, 2017 Preliminary sigma estimates for insured global losses resulting from natural and man-made disasters in 2017 are around $136 billion, well-above...
New Mexico Enjoys Quiet After Series of Severe Storms This Year November 28, 2017 By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN The conditions proved to be just right this year in New Mexico for a wave of severe weather that prompted...
Employees May Soon Be Taking Climate Leave November 14, 2017 By Rebecca Greenfield Even the workplace has to adapt to the warming world. As climate change creates more intense storms, companies have started...
GAO Report Says Climate Change Already Costs U.S. Billions in Losses October 25, 2017 By MICHAEL BIESECKER A non-partisan federal watchdog says climate change is already costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars each year, with those costs...
Poll Finds Americans Blame Wild Weather on Global Warming October 16, 2017 By SETH BORENSTEIN and EMILY SWANSON After hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria blitzed the nation, most Americans think weather disasters are getting more severe and see...
U.S. Already Ties Record Year for Costly Weather Disasters October 9, 2017 By SETH BORENSTEIN Howling winds, deadly floods, fire and ice so far this year have pushed the U.S. into a tie for weather...
LexisNexis: Catastrophe Claims Rise as Losses Decline September 27, 2017 In 2016, Colorado and Texas homeowners suffered the greatest percentage of catastrophic losses due to extreme weather and other perils,...
Harvey Could Spark Debate on How, Where Americans Build Homes August 31, 2017 By Christopher Flavelle Jerry Garcia’s home in Corpus Christi missed the worst of Hurricane Harvey by just a few miles and lost nothing...