Rebuilding After Hurricanes is Complex, Can Change Character of a Community July 18, 2024 Before Hurricane Idalia smashed into a small fishing village in northwestern Florida, Charles Long, 68, was fixing up a two-bedroom...
Disaster-Struck Cities Fight for Aid as FEMA Runs Low July 17, 2024 By Shruti Date Singh A once in 200-years storm dumped 11 inches of rain over four hours on the central Massachusetts town of Leominster...
Hurricane Beryl Caused $2.5-$4.5B in Estimated Insured Losses, Says Moody’s July 16, 2024 By Ezra Amacher U.S. insured losses from Hurricane Beryl will likely fall between $2.5 billion to $4.5 billion, according to estimates by Moody’s...
Just a Category 1 Hurricane? Don’t Be Fooled by A Number July 15, 2024 By Brendan Farrington Here’s a troubling phrase hurricane forecasters hate but often hear: “It’s just a Category 1. Nothing to worry about.” Or...
Insurers See Minimal Impact From Hurricane Beryl, but They’re Bracing for an Active Season July 12, 2024 By Ezra Amacher Insurers’ losses from Hurricane Beryl will be “low and readily absorbed” and the storm is not expected to change pricing...
Wildfires Encircle Canada’s Oil-Sands City Amid Hot Weather July 12, 2024 By Robert Tuttle A ring of wildfires has erupted around Canada’s unofficial oil-sands capital of Fort McMurray, adding new threats to crude production...
Biden Administration Raises FEMA Bar for Flood Resilience July 11, 2024 By Leslie Kaufman The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has finalized a rule mandating that projects built using its funds not only...
CSU Research Team Increases Atlantic Hurricane Forecast July 10, 2024 Hurricane Beryl got the respected team of researchers at Colorado State University to rethink its forecast for the Atlantic hurricane...
Economic Loss in U.S. From Beryl Between $28B and $32B, Report Shows July 9, 2024 Total damage and economic loss from Hurricane Beryl in the U.S. is expected to be between $28 and $32 billion,...
Underground Climate Change: Property Insurance Coverage for an Emerging Risk July 9, 2024 By Dennis J. Artese, Ethan W. Middlebrooks and Thomas Dupont Heat emanating from basements, train tunnels, sewers and other underground systems in major metropolises in the U.S. and Europe is...