Canadians Clean Up After Fiona Sweeps Homes Out to Sea; One Dead September 26, 2022 By John Morris PORT AUX BASQUES, Newfoundland — It will take several months for Canada to restore critical infrastructure after the powerful storm...
Trailers Offer Kentucky Flood Victims Temporary Home September 12, 2022 By BRUCE SCHREINER David Stephens’ children romped around the small patch of grass they’ve turned into a makeshift playground, running and laughing –...
Kentucky Flood Victims File Suit Against Mine Companies August 26, 2022 JACKSON, Ky. (AP) _ Dozens of eastern Kentucky flood victims have filed a lawsuit that says two coal companies contributed...
Climate Change a Factor in ‘Unprecedented’ South Asia Floods June 23, 2022 By Aniruddha Ghosal and Al-Emrun Garjon SYLHET, Bangladesh (AP) — Scientists say climate change is a factor behind the erratic and early rains that triggered unprecedented...
Musk’s Starlink Connects Remote Tonga Villages Still Cut Off After Tsunami February 23, 2022 By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY —Elon Musk’s satellite venture has launched a free high-speed internet service to connect remote villages in Tonga that have...
Floods Top of Mind as Canadian PM Trudeau Outlines Priorities to Parliament November 23, 2021 By Steve Scherer OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will add rebuilding from British Columbia’s devastating floods to his list of priorities...
Canada Struggles to Reach 18,000 Stranded by Flood Waters November 18, 2021 By Jesse Winter ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia — Canada was still trying to reach 18,000 people stranded on Thursday after floods and mudslides destroyed...
Claims Process ‘Challenging’ as Insurers Suffer Record Winter Losses, Aon Says May 7, 2021 US insurers suffered record-breaking winter storm losses during the first quarter of 2021 while also grappling with several high-profile cyberattacks,...
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....
Fiji Imposes Curfew as it Prepares for Major Cyclone to Hit December 18, 2020 By Aileen Torres-Bennett and Nick Perry SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Fiji imposed a nationwide curfew Thursday after urging people near the coast to move to higher...