Wildfires Are Upending Some of the Safest Bets on Wall Street April 17, 2024 By Olivia Raimonde and Mark Chediak When the Texas Panhandle went up in flames this winter, the news spread fast on Wall Street. An electric utility...
Texas Among Several States Facing New Fire Risks: Weather Watch April 15, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan More than 2.5 million people in the US face critical fire weather conditions on Monday as dry winds sweep parts...
Europe’s Wildfires in 2023 Were Among Worst This Century: Report April 12, 2024 By Geert De Clercq The 2023 wildfire season in the Europe was among the worst this century, according to a European Commission report published...
US Wildfires Are Getting Bigger and More Complex, Prompting Changes in Firefighting April 11, 2024 By Ty Oneil It’s shaping up to be a long wildfire season, with Texas already seeing its largest blaze in recorded history and...
Fires From 2023 Smoldering Under Snow Reveal Canada’s Dangerous New Reality March 27, 2024 By Thomas Seal and Robert Tuttle As skiers glide down the slopes of British Columbia’s Whistler Mountain and ice fishers drop their lines into frozen lakes...
California Insurer of Last Resort Is Unprepared for Big Disaster March 19, 2024 California’s property insurer of last resort told lawmakers that it’s financially unprepared to cover the costs of a major catastrophe...
Huge Texas Blaze Shows Power-Line Fires Are a Widespread Threat March 8, 2024 By Mark Chediak, Will Wade and David R. Baker Massive wildfires sparked by power lines used to be a California problem, one many utility executives considered safely confined to...
Viewpoint: How Public Adjusters Bridge The Gap in California’s Insurance Landscape February 29, 2024 By John Petrov When you consider the types of disaster that might befall a California homeowner, flooding might not be the first thing...
PacifiCorp Fire Victim Who Leapt in River Awarded $9 Million January 24, 2024 By Rachel Graf A jury ordered a Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. unit to pay nine homeowners at least $62 million for failing to...
Startup AiDash Raises $50M for Tech Using AI, Satellites to Spot Wildfire Risk January 24, 2024 By Peter Henderson A California startup using artificial intelligence (AI) and satellites to spot fire and weather risks on power lines, AiDash, reported...