Insured losses from Tropical Storm Talas will be range between $150 million and $600 million, according to Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide. Talas is the season’s 12th named storm, the seventh severe tropical storm and the fifth typhoon of the …
Sioux Falls is drying out from a storm that dumped nearly 6 inches of rain on the city. The Argus-Leader reports that the record rain came in just over two hours on Wednesday morning. Police say they received reports of …
The total costs associated with natural catastrophes will reach a record this year after an earthquake in Japan pushed first-half losses to $265 billion, according to Munich Re . The world’s biggest reinsurer by revenue said on Tuesday that the …
The tornado that raked Joplin, Missouri, on Sunday was the deadliest single twister in the United States since 1953, putting 2011 on pace for a possible record year for tornado fatalities, U.S. weather experts said Monday. Here are facts and …
Preliminary government estimates say there were more tornadoes in a single day last week than any other day in U.S. history. Government analysts say there were 312 tornadoes during last week’s outbreak, including a record-setting 226 in one day. The …