Report: Hurricane Dorian Inflicted $3.4B Losses On Bahamas November 18, 2019 By Danica Coto Hurricane Dorian inflicted losses of about $3.4 billion on the Bahamas, an amount equal to one-quarter of the Caribbean archipelago’s...
Rising U.S. Losses From Powerful Hurricanes Flag Need for Better Protection November 13, 2019 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...
Cause of Philadelphia Fire Sounds Alarm Over Aging U.S. Refineries November 6, 2019 By Laila Kearney PHILADELPHIA — How did a piece of piping installed when Richard Nixon was U.S. president go without once being checked...
Houston-Area Flood Control Projects Proceed After Harvey November 1, 2019 By Nancy Sarnoff HOUSTON — On a Friday night in August, Diane and Ted Simpson got home from work to find a certified...
Cedar Rapids Struggling To Maintain Rare Houseboat Harbor October 15, 2019 By B.A. Morelli CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Time is running out on Ellis Harbor as erosion buckles infrastructure and creates safety hazards, residents...
FEMA Bought 44,000 Flood-Prone Homes and May Have to Buy Millions More October 11, 2019 By Eric Roston As the climate crisis worsens, more Americans will be forced from their homes. Many won’t be able to afford it,...
FEMA Officials Charged With Puerto Rico Hurricane Aid Fraud September 11, 2019 By Michael Deibert Federal Emergency Management Agency officials who oversaw the reconstruction of Puerto Rico’s electrical grid and the former president of Cobra...
Commission Says Humanity to Pay Massive Cost for Not Adapting to Climate Change September 11, 2019 By Eric Roston Slowing the planetary march toward climate catastrophe—and the multitrillion-dollar investment required to do it—has become a central issue of global...
Baltimore on the Bottom for Auto Crashes; Brownsville, Texas Stays on Top June 28, 2019 By Jim Sams Baltimore, Maryland retained its title as the most accident-prone metropolitan area in the nation for automobiles, while Brownsville, Texas took...
U.S. Hurricane Season Is Unnecessarily Dangerous June 11, 2019 By Eric Roston Forecasters are expecting this year’s North Atlantic hurricane season to be roughly average, with about 14 named storms including six...