Tropical Storm Gordon Forecast to Strike Gulf Coast as a Hurricane September 4, 2018 By Brian K. Sullivan New Orleans is on edge and some offshore energy workers have been evacuated as Tropical Storm Gordon heads for the...
Counting Deaths After a Hurricane Difficult June 15, 2018 By MIKE STOBBE How many people died in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria? It’s a question that has been debated since the powerful...
CoreLogic: 6.9M Homes Face Hurricane Storm Surge Damage Risk, $1.6T in Potential Reconstruction Costs June 1, 2018 More than 6.9 million homes along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts are at potential risk of damage from hurricane storm...
Chemical Firms Say Gulf Coast Needs $14B Storm Barrier March 8, 2018 By Jack Kaskey, (Bloomberg) Chemical companies are pressing federal officials to spend billions of dollars on a coastal flood control system near Houston to...
Hurricanes Aren’t to Blame for Most Big Storm Surges in Northeast February 16, 2018 Hurricanes spawn most of the largest storm surges in the northeastern U.S., right? Wrong, according to a study by Rutgers...
Federal Report Reveals Extent of Hurricane Harvey January 29, 2018 By SETH BORENSTEIN The official numbers for last year’s Hurricane Harvey are in, and they go beyond the 68 dead and $125 billion...
Texas A&M Reveals Benefits From Possible Coastal Barrier January 10, 2018 A new study suggests if the Houston area continues to boom for 60 years and sea levels rise, a direct...
North America Pounded by Disasters in 2017 January 3, 2018 By SETH BORENSTEIN North America couldn’t catch a break in 2017. Parts of the United States were on fire, underwater or lashed by...
More Than 63,000 Recreational Boats Affected by Harvey and Irma November 8, 2017 Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS), a national advocacy, services and safety group for recreational boaters, estimates that...
Alaska North Slope Storm Causes Estimated $10M in Damage October 11, 2017 Damages from a recent storm in Alaska’s North Slope could end up costing the regional government more than $10 million,...