Tornadoes Wrecking Homes Around South Fueled by Record Highs December 1, 2022 By Kim Chandler and Jeff Martin WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) — Tornadoes damaged numerous homes, destroyed a fire station, briefly trapped people in a grocery store and...
Has the Re/Insurance Industry Missed a Major North American Risk? June 6, 2022 By Tom Johansmeyer and Ted Gregory The United States remains the largest peak peril risk area in the global re/insurance market and accounts for the bulk...
23 Injured in Texas Storms; More Tornadoes Forecast in US April 14, 2022 SALADO, Texas (AP) — Nearly two dozen people were injured when tornadoes swept through central Texas as part of a...
Tornadoes Leave One Dead in Central US and 500,000 in the Dark December 16, 2021 By Brian K. Sullivan A powerful storm that spawned tornadoes across the Midwest and Great Plains killed at least one person, ripped trees from...
Tornadoes Cause Damage in Oklahoma; Storms Rock Central US October 12, 2021 COWETA, Okla. (AP) — Several reported tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma late Sunday into early Monday morning, causing damage but no...
Wild Weather Plagues North America Grain Crops as Demand Surges June 30, 2021 By Michael Hirtzer, Marcy Nicholson and Kim Chipman The world is counting on farmers in North America for big harvests of everything from corn to canola this year....
Storms Spawn Twisters in Mississippi, Kill 2 in Georgia May 5, 2021 By Rogelio V. Solis YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) — Much of the South is at risk of more severe weather Tuesday, forecasters said, after...
Pandemic Aid Helps New Mexico Tribe Fix Damaged Adobe Homes April 5, 2021 By Teya Vitu SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — First came the hail — sheets of it, pounding the centuries-old adobe homes at...
Hail, High Water and Lockdown: Europe’s Fruit Growers Prepare For Tough Harvest August 3, 2020 PARIS/LONDON, July 31 — Europe’s been eating more fruit under lockdown, by all accounts. The problem is, it could struggle...
Facial Recognition Technique Could Improve Hail Forecasts August 20, 2019 By David John Gagne II, Sue Ellen Haupt, Douglas W. Nychka, and Gregory Thompson The same artificial intelligence technique typically used in facial recognition systems could help improve prediction of hailstorms and their severity,...