Iceland Plans to Buy Out Homeowners in Volcano-Struck Town February 14, 2024 By Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir Iceland’s government has agreed to buy all residential properties in the fishing town of Grindavik, which has become uninhabitable after...
Rising U.S. Losses From Powerful Hurricanes Flag Need for Better Protection February 12, 2024 By Anna Scholz-Carlson Only a few U.S. states are taking significant steps to reduce hurricane risks, as a study this week showed the...
California Faces New Flood Risk as Storm Moves On: Weather Watch February 7, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan California’s flood threat isn’t over even as the storm currently battering the state whirls its way across the US West....
California Faces Renewed Flood Risk as Deadly Storm Drops More Rain February 6, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan The risk of flash flooding and landslides persists for 21 million people across California as rains from a deadly atmospheric...
AccuWeather: Preliminary Damage and Loss from California Storms $9-$11B February 5, 2024 The preliminary total damage and economic loss from the intense storms and record rainfall in California this week will be...
‘Firehose’ of Flooding Rains Bring Landslide Risk to Hollywood February 5, 2024 By Josh Saul The Hollywood Hills and Santa Monica Mountains face life-threatening landslides and flash flooding on Monday as an intense atmospheric river...
Los Angeles Braces for Floods as Atmospheric River Nears February 2, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan California will get more flooding rains starting late Saturday, unfolding into early next week, as another powerful atmospheric river rolls...
PacifiCorp Fire Victim Who Leapt in River Awarded $9 Million January 24, 2024 By Rachel Graf A jury ordered a Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. unit to pay nine homeowners at least $62 million for failing to...
Florida to Borrow Billions to Backstop Insurers After Hurricanes January 23, 2024 By Nic Querolo Florida is planning to borrow as much as $3.8 billion to infuse a state fund that reimburses property insurers for...
New FEMA Rules Aim to Cut the Red Tape of Disaster Recovery January 22, 2024 By Rebecca Santana Anyone who has lived through a natural disaster and then applied to the federal government for assistance knows that it...