Southern Cal Edison Says Power Poles Are Overloaded August 21, 2013 Southern California Edison says nearly a quarter of the utility poles checked in a recent study were overloaded and didn’t...
Business Losses From Sandy Expected to Grow November 15, 2012 By Denise Johnson According to the latest estimates, Superstorm Sandy could cost insurers up to $20 billion in insured losses and up to...
Nor’easter Complicates Insurance for Sandy-Struck Businesses November 9, 2012 By Ben Berkowitz Businesses in New York and New Jersey that were preparing insurance claims for losses from Superstorm Sandy now have a...
Lights Still Out in Cuba’s 2nd City After Sandy November 8, 2012 By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA Cuba’s second city is still struggling to recover from the effects of Hurricane Sandy even as streetlamps in hard-hit lower...
Sandy Knocks Off Big Chunk of Retail Sales November 8, 2012 By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO Superstorm Sandy knocked off nearly $4 billion of retail sales last week in the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region, nearly...
Power, Transit Outages Will Increase Sandy’s Costs November 5, 2012 By MATTHEW CRAFT Widespread power outages and subway shutdowns may wind up making Superstorm Sandy the second most expensive storm in U.S. history,...
Safety a Concern for Victims of Sandy November 1, 2012 By JENNIFER PELTZ and RALPH D. RUSSO Faced with the prospect of days without power and swaths of the city plunged into darkness at night, police brought...
U.S. Insurers Prepare for Impact of Hurricane Sandy October 29, 2012 By Ben Berkowitz Insurers say they are making the usual preparations for a hurricane – activating claims teams, staging adjusters near the locations...
Storms: Mid-Atlantic Power Outages Could Last Days July 2, 2012 By JESSICA GRESKO It could be several more days before electricity is restored to areas hit by vicious storms that killed at least...
Storm Sweeps Over Nordics, Major Traffic Havoc December 28, 2011 Hurricane-strength winds have swept over large parts of the Nordics, causing major power outages and leaving many Christmas holidaymakers stranded...