Louisiana Coast Still Hurting From Storms, Bracing for More June 1, 2021 By Rebecca Santana CAMERON, La. (AP) — Scores of people in coastal Louisiana are still living in campers on dirt mounds or next...
Mega-Hurricane Risk Spurs Swiss Re Warning to Unprepared Canada May 24, 2021 By Danielle Bochove Climate change is making hurricanes bigger and stronger, and it may soon push them farther north. Yet Canada’s homeowners, businesses...
Heavy Rains Hammer Southern Louisiana with More to Come May 19, 2021 LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Roads were flooded, water-logged cars abandoned in the street and high water vehicles dispatched to...
Insurers Increase La. Hurricane Payout Estimates By 25% April 30, 2021 Insurers have increased their estimates of the cost of the three hurricanes that struck Louisiana by 25 percent since the...
Forecasters: US Could Face a Sixth Year Of Above-Average Atlantic Storms April 8, 2021 By Erwin Seba HOUSTON — The United States should prepare for a sixth year of above-average number of Atlantic hurricanes, Colorado State University...
Swiss Re Says Secondary Perils Should Be a Priority Concern for Insurers March 31, 2021 By Claims Journal Staff Swiss Re warned insurers Tuesday that secondary perils such as thunderstorms and wildfires are making up a growing share of...
US Weather Model Upgraded to Better Forecast Extreme Events March 24, 2021 By Seth Borenstein The National Weather Service has turbocharged its lagging forecast model to better predict extreme weather events such as hurricanes, blizzards...
Never Mind COVID, 2020 Was a Catastrophe for US Insurers January 27, 2021 By Jim Sams In case you forgot, the year that just passed brought an unprecedented number of catastrophes — not to mention COVID-19....
Hot Again: 2020 Sets Yet Another Global Temperature Record January 15, 2021 By Seth Borenstein Earth’s rising fever hit or neared record hot temperature levels in 2020, global weather groups reported Thursday. While NASA and...
2020 Hit Temperature Record, Rounded Off Hottest Decade – EU Climate Service January 8, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Matthew Green BRUSSELS/LONDON — Last year tied with 2016 as the world’s warmest on record, rounding off the hottest decade globally as...